New Zealand Acts

ARMS ACT 1983 - SECT 5B

5B Issue of dealer’s licence

1 A commissioned officer of Police may issue a dealer’s licence to an applicant authorising the applicant to carry on 1 or more dealer activities in respect of 1 or more classes of arms items if—

a) the applicant holds a firearms licence; and

b) the commissioned officer of Police is satisfied that—

i) the applicant is a fit and proper person to carry on the dealer activity or activities; and

ii) in each place of business from which the dealer activity or activities are being carried on there are secure storage facilities appropriate for the class and number of arms items and any ammunition that may be possessed in the course of carrying on the dealer activity or activities.

2 A dealer’s licence that is issued to an applicant for the carrying on of a dealer activity in respect of any of the following classes of arms items must bear an appropriate endorsement made under section 30 or 30B :

a) prohibited firearms:

b) prohibited magazines:

c) pistols:

d) restricted weapons:

e) pistol carbine conversion kits.

3 A dealer’s licence is personal to the person to whom it is issued, may not be transferred to any other person, and must specify—

a) the dealer activity or activities the person may carry on; and

b) the class or classes of arms items in respect of which that activity or those activities may be carried on.

4 However, if the person to whom a dealer’s licence is issued is a senior manager of a body corporate, the senior manager may, on behalf of the body corporate, carry out the dealer activities specified in the dealer’s licence in relation to the class or classes of arms items specified in the dealer’s licence.

History: Section 5B: inserted, on 24 June 2021, by section 12 of the Arms Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 23).