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Arms Act 1983

Permits to import - Importation of firearms and ammunition

18B: Production of samples

You could also call this:

"Providing a sample for testing when asked"

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You need to produce a sample for examination and testing if you are asked to under sections like section 18(1), 18AA(1), or 18AAB(1). You must produce the sample as soon as possible. You must make sure the sample has not been changed in any way before you produce it. If the sample gets damaged during testing, the Crown will not pay for the damage. If the sample is not approved, you must export it from New Zealand within 12 months of being told it is not approved. If you do not export the sample, you must get rid of it in the way the Commissioner says.

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Part 3Permits to import
Importation of firearms and ammunition

18BProduction of samples

  1. If an applicant is required, under section 18(1), 18AA(1), or 18AAB(1), to produce for examination and testing a sample, the applicant must produce the sample as soon as practicable.

  2. Before producing a sample, an applicant must ensure it has not been modified in any way.

  3. The Crown is not liable to pay compensation in respect of any damage caused to a sample resulting from the examination and testing of the sample.

  4. If, following examination and testing, the sample is not approved, the applicant who produced it must, within 12 months after being informed in writing by a member of the Police that the sample is not approved,—

  5. export the sample from New Zealand; or
    1. cause the sample to be exported from New Zealand.

      1. If the sample is not exported as required by subsection (4), the sample must be disposed of or dealt with in the manner that the Commissioner directs.

      Notes
      • Section 18B: replaced, on , by section 31 of the Arms Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 23).