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Arms Bill

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

144: Effect of expiry or surrender of visitor licence

You could also call this:

"What happens when a visitor's gun licence expires or is given back"

If your visitor licence expires or you surrender it, you stop being allowed to have any arms items or ammunition. You are no longer licensed under the visitor licence or any endorsements on it. You must give any arms items or ammunition you have to an officer of the Arms Regulator if they ask you to.

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143: Effect of expiry or surrender of museum worker licence, or

"What happens when a museum worker's licence to handle arms expires or is returned"

145: When licence may be suspended, or

"When Your Firearms Licence Can Be Taken Away Temporarily"

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

144Effect of expiry or surrender of visitor licence

On the expiry or surrender of a visitor licence, the holder of the licence—
ceases to be licensed to possess any arms item or ammunition under the licence or any endorsement on the licence; and
must, on request, deliver any arms item or ammunition in their possession or under their control to an officer of the Arms Regulator.