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Arms Bill

Licences and approvals - Expiry, surrender, suspension, and revocation of licences - Expiry and surrender of licences

140: Effect of expiry or surrender of firearms licence

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"What happens to your guns if your licence expires or is returned"

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If your firearms licence expires or you surrender it, you stop being allowed to have any arms items or ammunition that were covered by the licence. You must give any arms items or ammunition you have to an officer of the Arms Regulator if they ask you to. If you also have a business licence, it will be cancelled immediately if your firearms licence expires or is surrendered.

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Part 3Licences and approvals
Expiry, surrender, suspension, and revocation of licences: Expiry and surrender of licences

140Effect of expiry or surrender of firearms licence

  1. On the expiry or surrender of a firearms licence, the holder of the licence—

  2. ceases to be licensed to possess any arms item or ammunition under the licence or any endorsement on the licence; and
    1. must, on request, deliver any arms item or ammunition in their possession or under their control to an officer of the Arms Regulator.

      1. If the holder of a firearms licence also holds a business licence, the expiry or surrender of their firearms licence immediately revokes their business licence.