New Zealand Acts

ARMS ACT 1983 - SECT 82

82 Consultation

1 The Minister of Police may recommend that regulations be made under section 86 only if the Minister is satisfied that the Commissioner has done everything reasonable on the Commissioner’s part to consult the persons or organisations (or representatives of those organisations) that appear to the Commissioner to be affected or likely to be affected by the fee or charge.

2 The process for consultation must, to the extent practicable in the circumstances, include—

a) the giving of appropriate notice of the intention to make the regulation and of the contents of the proposed regulation; and

b) a reasonable opportunity for interested persons to make submissions; and

c) the adequate and appropriate consideration of those submissions.

3 A failure to comply with this section does not affect the validity of any regulations made under section 86 .

Note: 2008 No 72 s 79D

History: Section 82: inserted, on 25 June 2020, by section 104 of the Arms Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 23).