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Arms Act 1983

Miscellaneous provisions - Foreign personal protection officers

65H: Expiry of sections 65A to 65G

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You need to know that sections 65A to 65G of the Arms Act 1983 expire on 30 September 1999. On 1 October 1999, these sections are treated as repealed. Any written authorities or permits issued under these sections are also treated as revoked. If your written authority or permit is revoked, you must give the Police your firearms, airguns, pistols, restricted weapons, and ammunition straight away. You must then arrange to remove these items from New Zealand as soon as possible. This applies to foreign personal protection officers.

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Part 9Miscellaneous provisions
Foreign personal protection officers

65HExpiry of sections 65A to 65G

  1. Sections 65A to 65G expire with the close of 30 September 1999, and on 1 October 1999—

  2. those sections, and the heading above section 65A, are to be treated as having been repealed; and
    1. all written authorities issued under section 65B(1), and all written permits issued under section 65C(1), are to be treated as having been revoked.

      1. If a written authority or written permit is treated under subsection (1)(b) as having been revoked, the foreign personal protection officer to whom it was issued must—

      2. immediately deliver the firearms, airguns, pistols, restricted weapons, and ammunition to which the authority or permit relates into the possession of the Police: and
        1. as soon as practicable after they have been so delivered, arrange for their removal from New Zealand.

          Notes
          • Section 65H: inserted, on , by section 2 of the Arms Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 23).