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Arms Bill

General requirements - Requirements for possessing, displaying, and storing arms items in museums - Requirements for curators

62: Curator who possesses, displays, and stores arms items must be licensed

You could also call this:

"Museums need a licence to have arms items."

Illustration for Arms Bill

If you are a curator of a museum, you can have arms items in the museum if you have a curator licence. You must be allowed by the licence to have the arms items in the museum. You will be in trouble if you break this rule without a good reason. If you break this rule, you might go to prison for up to one year or get a fine of up to $15,000. This will happen if you do not have a good excuse for not following the rule. You must follow the rule to avoid getting in trouble. You need to make sure you have the right licence to have arms items in the museum. This is so you can follow the rules and not get in trouble. The rules are in place to keep everyone safe.

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Part 2General requirements
Requirements for possessing, displaying, and storing arms items in museums: Requirements for curators

62Curator who possesses, displays, and stores arms items must be licensed

  1. A curator of a museum may possess, display, and store a class of arms items in the museum if the curator—

  2. holds a curator licence; and
    1. is authorised by that licence to possess, display, and store that class of arms items in the museum.

      1. A curator 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 subsection (1).