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Arms Bill

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

152: Revocation of business licence

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"What happens if your business licence is cancelled"

If you have a business licence, it will be cancelled straight away if you have your firearms licence taken away. It will also be cancelled if you stop doing one or more of the business activities you are allowed to do under your licence. If you are a senior manager of a company that has a business licence and you stop being a senior manager, the business licence will be cancelled. You should also know that the chief executive can cancel a business licence at any time. The chief executive has the power to make this decision. This means your business licence can be revoked even if none of the other conditions are met.

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151: Revocation of firearms licence, or

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

152Revocation of business licence

A business licence is immediately revoked if—
the holder of the business licence has their firearms licence revoked; or
an individual who is the holder of the business licence ceases to carry on 1 or more of the business activities specified in their licence; or
a senior manager of a body corporate who is the holder of the business licence ceases to be a senior manager of the body corporate.

A business licence may be revoked at any time by the chief executive.