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Arms Bill

General requirements - Requirements for possession of standard firearms, airguns, pistols, restricted weapons, standard magazines, non-restricted parts, ammunition, etc - Requirements for possession of pistols and restricted weapons

21: Exception if repairs or modifications to pistol or restricted weapon undertaken by licensed business

You could also call this:

"Getting a pistol or restricted weapon fixed by a licensed business has some special rules."

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You might not need to follow some rules if you get a pistol or restricted weapon repaired or modified by a licensed business. If you own the pistol or restricted weapon and a licensed business fixes or modifies it, then gives it back to you, some rules do not apply. You must get it back within 7 days. If a licensed business gets your pistol or restricted weapon to fix or modify it, some rules do not apply. The business must give it back to you within 7 days. When we talk about modifying a pistol or restricted weapon, we also mean permanently deactivating it, which means making it so it cannot be used anymore.

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Requirements for possession of standard firearms, airguns, pistols, restricted weapons, standard magazines, non-restricted parts, ammunition, etc: Requirements for possession of pistols and restricted weapons

21Exception if repairs or modifications to pistol or restricted weapon undertaken by licensed business

  1. Section 20(1)(b) and (3)(b) does not apply if the pistol or restricted weapon—

  2. is owned by the individual and is returned to the individual by a licensed business following repair or modification; and
    1. has not been out of the possession of the individual for more than 7 days.

      1. Section 20(2)(b) and (4)(b) does not apply if the licensed business—

      2. receives the pistol or restricted weapon for the purpose of repair or modification; and
        1. within 7 days, returns the pistol or restricted weapon to its owner.

          1. In this section, modification, in relation to a pistol or restricted weapon, includes permanently deactivating the pistol or restricted weapon.