73Conditions of firearms licence: general

1. A firearms licence is subject to the conditions that the holder of a firearms licence must—

2. comply with all prescribed requirements relating to the secure storage of arms items and ammunition in their possession; and
3. when using an arms item and ammunition, act in a way that does not pose a risk to themselves or others; and
4. produce any arms items and ammunition that the licence holder is carrying to an officer of the Arms Regulator on demand; and
5. permit an officer of the Arms Regulator to inspect all arms items and ammunition in the licence holder’s possession, the place or places where the arms items are or will be kept, and the place or places where the ammunition is or will be kept, and, for those purposes, to enter at all reasonable times upon the premises where that place or those places are situated; and
6. permit an officer of the Arms Regulator to inspect the security arrangements in any vehicle used by the holder to transport the licence holder’s firearms; and
7. inform the chief executive if, after the issue of the licence, any of the circumstances described in section 69(1) apply to the licence holder; and
8. inform the chief executive if their health practitioner changes, and provide updated details of the name and contact details of their health practitioner.

9. It is the duty of an officer of the Arms Regulator exercising any power conferred by subsection (1)(d) or (e)—

10. to give at least 7 days’ notice of the proposed inspection; and
11. to identify themselves to the holder of the firearms licence; and
12. to tell the holder of the firearms licence that the power is being exercised under subsection (1)(d) or (e), as the case may be; and
13. if the officer is not in uniform, to produce on initial entry, and, if requested, at any subsequent time, evidence that they are an officer of the Arms Regulator.

14. Subsections (1)(d) and (2) are subject to section 186 if the licence bears an endorsement.