New Zealand Acts

ARMS ACT 1983 - SECT 80

80 Activities that may be subject to cost recovery

1 The responsible Minister may recommend the making of a regulation under section 86 only if satisfied that the fee or charge concerned relates to an activity undertaken by the Police in accordance with this Act in relation to a person, shooting club, or shooting range.

2 The activities for which fees or charges may be imposed under section 86 —

a) include—

i) processing an application for a firearms or dealer’s licence, including assessing whether the applicant is a fit and proper person:

ii) providing training and testing services in relation to obtaining a firearms licence:

iii) issuing any licence under this Act:

iv) processing any application for an endorsement, a permit to possess, or permit to import:

v) issuing any endorsement, a permit to possess, or permit to import:

vi) undertaking inspections and compliance checks, including checks relating to any licence, endorsement, permit, certification, conditions, or improvement notices:

vii) providing testing of samples in relation to firearms, firearm parts, restricted weapons, parts of restricted weapons, magazines, pistol carbine conversion kits, air pistol carbine conversion kits, blank-firing guns, or ammunition:

viii) processing any application for approval of a pistol shooting club or certification of a pistol shooting range:

viiia) processing any application for enrolment of a non-pistol shooting club or non-pistol shooting range:

ix) approving the manufacture for sale of arms items:

b) do not include—

i) the response of the Police to calls relating to potential offending; or

ii) the conduct of criminal investigations; or

iii) the prosecution of criminal offences.

Note: 2008 No 72 s 79B

History: Section 80: inserted, on 25 June 2020, by section 104 of the Arms Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 23).   Section 80(1): amended, on 29 June 2025, by section 15 of the Arms (Shooting Clubs, Shooting Ranges, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 15).     Section 80(2)(a)(viii): replaced, on 29 June 2025, by section 8 of the Arms (Shooting Clubs, Shooting Ranges, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 15).     Section 80(2)(a)(viiia): inserted, on 29 June 2025, by section 8 of the Arms (Shooting Clubs, Shooting Ranges, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 15).