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Arms Bill

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

161: Effect of revocation of visitor licence

You could also call this:

"What happens if your visitor licence to have guns is cancelled"

If your visitor licence is revoked, you must give it back to the chief executive straight away. When your visitor licence is revoked, you are no longer allowed to have any arms items or ammunition that you were allowed to have with that licence. You must also give any arms items or ammunition you have to an officer of the Arms Regulator when they ask you to. If you do not give them the arms items or ammunition when asked, an officer of the Arms Regulator can tell a Police officer to take them from you. You will no longer be able to keep any arms items or ammunition that you had with your visitor licence. The Police can take the arms items or ammunition if you do not follow the rules after your licence is revoked.

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160: Effect of revocation of museum worker licence, or

"What happens if a museum worker's gun licence is taken away"

162: Disposal of arms items and ammunition after firearms licence expires or is surrendered or revoked, or

"What happens to your guns and ammo when your licence ends"

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

161Effect of revocation of visitor licence

A person whose visitor licence is revoked must immediately surrender their visitor licence to the chief executive.
On the revocation 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.

If a visitor licence holder fails to comply with the requirement under subsection (2)(b), an officer of the Arms Regulator may direct a member of the Police to seize and take possession of any arms item or ammunition in the possession or under the control of the holder.