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Arms Bill

Licences and approvals - Curator licences - Records

109: Keeping records

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"Museums must keep records of arm items for at least 10 years."

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If you are a licensed curator, you must keep a record of certain details about arm items or parts of arm items at your museum. You need to keep these records for at least 10 years, whether you keep them in hard copy or electronic form. You must let any officer of the Arms Regulator inspect and copy these records at any time. If you are a licensed curator, you must also give any extra information you have about arm items to an officer of the Arms Regulator when they ask for it. There are some cases where you do not have to record certain details, such as if the regulations say you do not have to, or if you give the details to the chief executive instead. If you do not follow these rules without a good reason, you could be fined up to $10,000 or imprisoned for up to 6 months.

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Part 3Licences and approvals
Curator licences: Records

109Keeping records

  1. A licensed curator must keep a record of the prescribed particulars relating to arm items, or parts of arms items, held at the museum specified in their licence.

  2. A licensed curator who keeps their records in hard copy form must retain the records for at least 10 years from the date of the last entry in the records.

  3. A licensed curator who keeps their records electronically must retain each electronic record for at least 10 years from the date on which the record is entered.

  4. Every licensed curator must at all times—

  5. permit any officer of the Arms Regulator to inspect and make copies of the records kept under subsection (1), or any entry in those records; and
    1. provide, on demand, to any officer of the Arms Regulator all further information in their possession with respect to any arms item.

      1. Despite subsection (1), a licensed curator need not record particulars under that subsection if—

      2. the particulars are declared by regulations made under section 362 to be exempt from the requirement in that subsection; or
        1. the licensed curator provides the particulars to the chief executive in accordance with the regulations.

          1. A licensed curator commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to a fine not exceeding $10,000, if the curator, without reasonable excuse, contravenes this section.