Part 2Licensed dealers
Licensed dealers
6Fit and proper person to hold dealer’s licence
In deciding whether, for the purposes of section 5B(1)(b)(i), an applicant is a fit and proper person to hold a dealer’s licence, the commissioned officer of Police—
- must take into account the character and reputation of the applicant, and whether the applicant—
- has the competencies and resources to carry on the dealer activity or activities for which the dealer’s licence is sought; and
- has any convictions; and
- has a sound knowledge of firearms; and
- understands the legal obligations of a holder of a dealer’s licence; and
- understands the legal obligations of a holder of a firearms licence, including an understanding of the endorsements that may be made on a firearms licence, and is able to provide advice on those obligations; and
- has the competencies and resources to carry on the dealer activity or activities for which the dealer’s licence is sought; and
- in the case of an applicant who is a senior manager of a body corporate, and who, in reliance on section 5(2), is applying for a dealer’s licence to enable the body corporate to carry on a dealer activity, the commissioned officer of Police must take into account whether—
- the body corporate has appropriate record-keeping systems and other systems to comply with the requirements of this Act and any regulations made under this Act; and
- if the body corporate operates from 2 or more places of business, there will be, at each of those places, a manager who has appropriate oversight and control of the proposed dealer activity or activities to be carried on at that place; and
- the body corporate has appropriate record-keeping systems and other systems to comply with the requirements of this Act and any regulations made under this Act; and
- may take into account any other matters the commissioned officer of Police considers relevant.
Notes
- Section 6: replaced, on , by section 12 of the Arms Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 23).


