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Arms Act 1983

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15: Offence to carry on dealer activities following expiry, surrender, or revocation of dealer's licence

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"Breaking the law by dealing arms without a licence can lead to fines or prison."

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If your dealer's licence expires, is surrendered, or revoked, you may not carry on any dealer activities or have a business interest in arms items or ammunition. You must stop doing these things. If you are a senior manager of a company, the company must also stop carrying on dealer activities. If you sell or dispose of certain items as stated in section 14, or you get another dealer's licence, these rules do not apply to you. The same applies to companies that sell or dispose of these items, get a new licence, or have another senior manager with a licence. If you break these rules without a good reason, you can be charged with an offence and face up to one year in prison or a fine of up to $15,000.

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Licensed dealers

15Offence to carry on dealer activities following expiry, surrender, or revocation of dealer's licence

  1. If a person’s dealer’s licence expires or is surrendered or revoked, the person may not—

  2. carry on any dealer activity; or
    1. have any business interest in any arms item or ammunition.

      1. If the person referred to in subsection (1) is a senior manager authorised to carry on dealer activities on behalf of a body corporate, the body corporate may not carry on any dealer activity at any place of business.

      2. However,—

      3. nothing in subsection (1) applies to any person who—
        1. sells or otherwise disposes of any of the kinds of items specified in section 14 in accordance with that section; or
          1. after the expiry, surrender, or revocation of their dealer’s licence is, at any subsequent time, issued with another dealer’s licence; and
          2. nothing in subsection (2) applies to a body corporate—
            1. that sells or otherwise disposes of any of the kinds of items specified in section 14 in accordance with that section; or
              1. if, after the expiry, surrender, or revocation of the senior manager’s licence, the senior manager is, at any subsequent time, issued with another dealer’s licence on behalf of the body corporate; or
                1. if another senior manager of the body corporate is issued with a dealer’s licence authorising that senior manager to carry on 1 or more dealer activities on behalf of the body corporate.

                2. A person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 year, or to a fine not exceeding $15,000, if the person, without reasonable excuse, contravenes this section.

                Notes
                • Section 15: replaced, on , by section 24 of the Arms Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 23).