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Arms Bill

General requirements - Requirements for carrying on business activities - Requirements for employees of licensed business assisting with business activities

60: Requirement for employees of licensed business to hold firearms licence

You could also call this:

"Staff of licensed arms businesses must have a firearms licence to work with guns."

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If you work for a business that is licensed to deal with arms items, you can help with the business if you have a firearms licence. You need a firearms licence to assist with certain business activities. If you do not have a reasonable excuse and you break this rule, you can be fined up to $10,000.

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Part 2General requirements
Requirements for carrying on business activities: Requirements for employees of licensed business assisting with business activities

60Requirement for employees of licensed business to hold firearms licence

  1. An employee of a licensed business may assist with the carrying on of a business activity in relation to any class of arms items if the employee holds a firearms licence.

  2. An employee of a licensed business commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 if the employee, without reasonable excuse, contravenes this subsection (1).