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Licences and approvals - Business licences - Conditions of business licence

90: Conditions of business licence: employees

You could also call this:

"Rules for Business Licence: Employee Responsibilities"

If you have a business licence, you must make sure your employees follow some rules. You must ensure they have a firearms licence, get the right training, and are competent to handle arms items and ammunition. You must also tell the chief executive when you hire or stop employing someone who handles these items. If you are a business owner, you could be fined up to $10,000 if you break these rules without a good reason. This also applies to the senior manager of a company with a business licence. They could be fined if the company breaks the rules without a good reason. You must notify the chief executive as soon as possible when you hire or stop employing someone who handles arms items and ammunition. This is part of the conditions of having a business licence, and it is important to follow these rules.

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89: Business licence not transferable, or

"A business licence belongs to one person and cannot be given to someone else."

91: Conditions of business licence: secure storage requirements, or

"Storing arms safely with a business licence"

Part 3Licences and approvals
Business licences: Conditions of business licence

90Conditions of business licence: employees

A business licence is issued subject to the condition that the licensed business must ensure that all employees who may handle arms items and ammunition in the course of carrying out their duties—
hold a firearms licence; and
receive appropriate training in relation to the arms items and ammunition they will handle; and
have the appropriate competency to handle the arms items and the ammunition.

A business licence is also issued subject to the condition that the licensed business must notify the chief executive as soon as reasonably practicable after—
the licensed business employs or engages a person who may handle arms items and ammunition in the course of carrying out their duties:
a person referred to in paragraph (a) is no longer employed or engaged by the licensed business.

A licensed business that is an individual commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 if the individual, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1) or (2).
The senior manager of a body corporate that is a licensed business commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 if the body corporate, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1) or (2).