New Zealand Acts

ARMS ACT 1983 - SECT 33C

33C Duration of endorsements

1 An endorsement made under section 30 or 30B on a firearms licence held by an employee of a licensed dealer for the purposes of their employment with the dealer continues in force for 1 year after the date on which the endorsement was made, unless one of the following first occurs:

a) the employee’s firearms licence expires:

b) the employee’s firearms licence is surrendered or revoked:

c) the licensed dealer’s licence expires:

d) the licensed dealer’s licence is surrendered or revoked:

e) the relevant endorsement made under section 30 or 30B on the licensed dealer’s licence is revoked:

f) the employee ceases to be employed by the licensed dealer.

2 However, unless earlier revoked or surrendered, an endorsement made under section 30B at any time after 12 April 2019 on a firearms licence held by a person described in section 4A(1)(f), (g), (h), (i), or (j) continues in force until the earlier of the following dates:

a) the date that is 2 years and 6 months after the date on which the endorsement was made:

b) the date on which the licence—

i) is surrendered or revoked; or

ii) expires.

3 Unless earlier revoked or surrendered, an endorsement made under section 30 or 30B on a firearms licence held by any other person, or on a dealer’s licence, continues in force for so long as the licence continues in force.

History: Section 33C: inserted, on 25 June 2020, by section 54 of the Arms Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 23).