New Zealand Acts

ARMS LEGISLATION ACT 2020

- As at 24 June 2020
- Act 23 of 2020

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   1.      Title
   2.      Commencement

   PART 1 - Amendments to Arms Act 1983

   3.      Principal Act
   4.      Long Title repealed
   5.      New Part 1 heading and section 1A inserted
   6.      Section 2 amended (Interpretation)
   7.      Section 2A replaced (Meaning of prohibited firearm)
   8.      Section 2B amended (Meaning of prohibited magazine)
   9.      Section 3 amended (Act to bind the Crown)
   10.     Section 4A amended (Persons who may apply to import, sell, supply, possess, or use prohibited items)
   11.     Cross-heading above section 5 replaced
   12.     Sections 5 and 6 replaced
   13.     Section 6A amended (Conditions of dealer’s licence)
   14.     New sections 6B and 6C inserted
   15.     Section 7 replaced (Place of business)
   16.     Section 7A amended (Gun shows)
   17.     Section 8 replaced (Duration of dealer’s licence)
   18.     Section 9 replaced (Revocation of dealer’s licence)
   19.     Section 10 amended (Restriction on possession of pistol, prohibited items, or restricted weapon by licensed dealer)
   20.     Section 11 replaced (Dealers and their employees and agents to hold firearms licences)
   21.     Section 12 amended (Record of dealings by licensed dealers)
   22.     Section 13 amended (Seizure of firearms, ammunition, airguns, pistols, prohibited items, and restricted weapons held by licensed dealers)
   23.     Section 14 replaced (Disposal of firearms, ammunition, airguns, pistols, prohibited items, and restricted weapons of dealer whose licence is revoked)
   24.     Section 15 replaced (Offence for licensed dealer to carry on business following revocation of his licence)
   25.     Cross-heading above section 16 replaced
   26.     Section 16 replaced (Offence to import firearms, etc, without permit)
   27.     Section 16A replaced (Offence to import prohibited ammunition)
   28.     Section 17 repealed (Burden of proof)
   29.     Section 18 replaced (Issue of permit to import)
   30.     New sections 18AA to 18AAD inserted
   31.     Section 18B replaced (Samples)
   32.     Section 19 replaced (Seizure of illegally imported items)
   33.     New Part 4 heading, cross-heading, and sections 19A to 19C inserted
   34.     Cross-heading above section 20 repealed
   35.     Section 20 amended (Restrictions on possession of firearms)
   36.     Section 21 amended (Restrictions on possession of airguns)
   37.     New sections 22A to 22G and cross-headings inserted
   38.     Cross-heading above section 23 replaced
   39.     New section 22H inserted (Persons disqualified from holding firearms licence)
   40.     Section 23 amended (Application for firearms licence)
   41.     Section 24 replaced (Issue of firearms licence)
   42.     New sections 24A to 24D inserted
   43.     Section 25 amended (Duration of firearms licence)
   44.     Section 27 replaced (Revocation and surrender of firearms licence)
   45.     Section 27A repealed (Family violence and firearms licences)
   46.     New sections 27B and 27C inserted
   47.     Section 28 replaced (Effect of revocation or surrender of firearms licence)
   48.     New cross-heading after section 28 inserted
   49.     Section 29 amended (Application for endorsements in respect of pistol or restricted weapon)
   50.     Section 30 amended (Power to make endorsement in respect of pistols or restricted weapons)
   51.     Section 30A replaced (Application for endorsement in respect of prohibited firearm or prohibited magazine)
   52.     Section 30B amended (Power to make endorsement in respect of prohibited firearm or prohibited magazine)
   53.     Section 31 amended (Possession of firearm, pistol, prohibited item, or restricted weapon for stage, film, or television purposes)
   54.     New section 33C inserted (Duration of endorsements)
   55.     Section 34 amended (Notification of change of address)
   56.     Section 34B amended (Effect of non-compliance with requirements in relation to photographs or to calling-in of licences)
   57.     Cross-heading above section 35 replaced
   58.     Section 35 amended (Issue of permit to possess pistol or restricted weapon)
   59.     New section 35AAA inserted (Issue of permit to possess pistol carbine conversion kit)
   60.     Section 35A amended (Issue of permit to possess prohibited firearm or prohibited magazine)
   61.     Section 36 amended (Offence to carry pistol or restricted weapon without authority)
   62.     Section 38 amended (Removal of pistol, prohibited firearm, prohibited magazine, or restricted weapon out of New Zealand)
   63.     New Parts 6 and 7 inserted
   64.     Sections 39 to 41 and cross-heading repealed
   65.     New section 41A inserted (Marking of firearms)
   66.     Cross-heading above section 42 replaced
   67.     Section 42 replaced (Offences in respect of licences)
   68.     Section 43 replaced (Selling or supplying firearm or airgun to unlicensed person)
   69.     Section 43AA replaced (Possessing, selling, or supplying prohibited ammunition)
   70.     Section 43A replaced (Mail order sale of firearm or ammunition)
   71.     Section 43B repealed (Restriction on sale of ammunition)
   72.     Section 44 replaced (Selling or supplying pistol or restricted weapon to person who does not hold permit to possess)
   73.     Section 44A amended (Offence to sell or supply prohibited firearm or prohibited magazine)
   74.     Section 46 replaced (Carrying of imitation firearm, except for lawful, proper, and sufficient purpose)
   75.     Section 48 replaced (Discharging firearm, airgun, pistol, or restricted weapon in or near dwellinghouse or public place)
   76.     New section 50AA inserted (Unlawful possession of pistol carbine conversion kit)
   77.     New section 50CA inserted (Unlawful possession of prohibited ammunition)
   78.     Section 50D amended (Unlawfully carrying or possessing prohibited firearm in public place)
   79.     Section 52 amended (Presenting firearm, airgun, pistol, or restricted weapon at other person)
   80.     Section 53A amended (Use or attempted use of prohibited firearm to resist or prevent arrest or commit offence)
   81.     Section 54 amended (Use or attempted use of firearm, etc, to resist or prevent arrest or commit offence)
   82.     Section 55B amended (Offence of failing to produce firearm, etc, on demand or to permit inspection of firearm, etc)
   83.     New sections 55C to 55I inserted
   84.     New section 58A inserted (Offences relating to registry)
   85.     Section 59 amended (Unsafe firearms or pistols)
   86.     New Part 9 heading inserted
   87.     Section 59A replaced (Surrender by licensed dealer of firearms, etc)
   88.     Section 59B replaced (Voluntary delivery to Police of firearms, etc)
   89.     New sections 60 to 60C inserted
   90.     Section 62 replaced (Right of appeal from official decisions)
   91.     Section 63 amended (Appeal to District Court Judge in respect of compensation)
   92.     Section 64 amended (Appeal on a question of law)
   93.     Section 65 amended (Restoration of articles seized)
   94.     Cross-heading above section 65I replaced
   95.     New sections 66A to 66D inserted
   96.     Section 69 replaced (Forfeitures)
   97.     Section 70 amended (Authorising disposal of firearms, etc, detained by Police)
   98.     Section 72A amended (Service of documents)
   99.     Section 73 amended (Savings in respect of carriers and persons authorised to exercise powers of seizure)
   100.    Section 74 amended (Regulations)
   101.    Section 74A amended (Order in Council relating to definitions of prohibited firearm and prohibited magazine, and declaring prohibited ammunition)
   102.    Section 74C amended (Regulations providing for transitional matters)
   103.    New section 74D inserted (Regulations providing for transitional matters relating to Arms Legislation Act 2020)
   104.    New sections 79 to 96 and cross-headings inserted
   105.    New Part 2 of Schedule 1 inserted

   PART 2 - Amendments to other enactments

           SUBPART 1 - Amendments to Extradition Act 1999

   106.    Amendments to Extradition Act 1999

           SUBPART 2 - Amendment to Intelligence and Security Act 2017

   107.    Amendment to Intelligence and Security Act 2017

           SUBPART 3 - Amendment to Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1992

   108.    Amendment to Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1992

           SUBPART 4 - Consequential amendments

   109.    Consequential amendments to other enactments
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2