Arms Act 1983

Licensed dealers - Licensed dealers

7A: Gun shows

You could also call this:

"Temporary gun show licences"

You can have a dealer's licence for a different place of business for up to 5 days. You need to get consent from a Police officer first. The officer will only give consent if you use the place for a gun show and it is secure. You might be allowed to have a dealer's licence for a different place for a short time. The Police officer can give you conditions to follow when they give consent. The officer's consent can have conditions that you must follow. A dealer's licence usually applies to one place of business. But you can apply to use it at another place for a short time with Police consent. This is useful for events like gun shows.

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7: Place of business, or

"Where you can buy and sell guns and other firearms"

8: Duration of dealer’s licence, or

"How long a dealer's gun licence lasts"

Part 2Licensed dealers
Licensed dealers

7AGun shows

Notwithstanding anything in section 7, a dealer's licence may, with the consent of a commissioned officer of Police, apply from time to time, for a period not exceeding 5 days at any one time, in respect of a place of business other than the place of business in respect of which the dealer's licence was issued.
A commissioned officer of Police may give his or her consent under subsection (1) only if satisfied—
that the licensed dealer will, during the period in respect of which the consent is sought, use the place of business in respect of which the consent is sought only for the purposes of conducting a gun show; and
that the security of the place of business in respect of which the consent is sought will be sufficient.

Any consent given under subsection (1) may be given subject to any conditions specified by the commissioned officer of Police.
Repealed

Notes

Section 7A: inserted, on 1 November 1992, by section 4 of the Arms Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 95).
Section 7A(1): amended, on 25 June 2020, by section 16(1) of the Arms Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 23).
Section 7A(3): replaced, on 25 June 2020, by section 16(2) of the Arms Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 23).
Section 7A(4): repealed, on 25 June 2020, by section 16(3) of the Arms Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 23).