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Arms Bill

Licences and approvals - Business licences - Conditions of business licence

91: Conditions of business licence: secure storage requirements

You could also call this:

"Storing arms safely with a business licence"

If you get a business licence, you must store arms items securely. You must follow all the rules about secure storage. If you do not, you might commit an offence. If you are an individual with a business licence and you do not store arms items securely, you could go to prison for up to 1 year or get a fine of up to $5,000. This will happen if you do not have a good reason for not following the rules. You will be in trouble if you break the rules. If you are in charge of a company with a business licence and the company does not store arms items securely, you could go to prison for up to 1 year or get a fine of up to $5,000. This will happen if the company does not have a good reason for not following the rules. You will be in trouble if the company breaks the rules.

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90: Conditions of business licence: employees, or

"Rules for Business Licence: Employee Responsibilities"

92: Conditions of business licence: production and inspection of arms item, or

"Rules for Inspecting Arms Items with a Business Licence"

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

91Conditions of business licence: secure storage requirements

A business licence is issued subject to the condition that the licensed business complies with all prescribed requirements relating to the secure storage of arms items.
A licensed business that is an individual commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 1 year, or to a fine not exceeding $5,000, if the individual, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1).
The senior manager of a body corporate that is a licensed business commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 1 year, or to a fine not exceeding $5,000, if the body corporate, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1).