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Arms Bill

Licences and approvals - Expiry, surrender, suspension, and revocation of licences - Offences relating to expiry, surrender, and revocation of licences

170: Offence for museum worker to possess, display, or store arms item following expiry, surrender, or revocation of licence

You could also call this:

"Museum staff must not keep arms items if their licence is no longer valid."

If you work in a museum and your licence to have arms items expires, is surrendered, or is revoked, you must not keep, show, or store those items at the museum. You could be in trouble if you do not follow this rule without a good reason. You might get a fine or go to prison for up to 3 years if you break this rule.

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View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=LMS1533796.

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Part 3Licences and approvals
Expiry, surrender, suspension, and revocation of licences: Offences relating to expiry, surrender, and revocation of licences

170Offence for museum worker to possess, display, or store arms item following expiry, surrender, or revocation of licence

A museum worker whose licence has expired, or has been surrendered or revoked, may not possess, display, or store 1 or more classes of arms items specified in their licence at the museum specified in their licence.
A museum worker commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years, or to a fine not exceeding $40,000, if the museum worker, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with subsection (1).