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Arms Bill

Licences and approvals - Approved ammunition sellers - Applying for approval

172: Chief executive may grant approval

You could also call this:

"The boss can say yes to your gun licence application if you meet the rules."

Illustration for Arms Bill

The chief executive can approve your application if they are satisfied you have a firearms licence and meet the requirements. You need to have a firearms licence and meet the prescribed requirements for approval. The chief executive's approval will take effect from the date it is given or a later date specified. The chief executive looks at your application made under section 171. They check if you have a firearms licence and if you meet the requirements. If your application is declined, the chief executive must give you a copy of the information they used to make that decision. You will also get a chance to make written submissions about that information. The chief executive must give you this opportunity before declining your application. This is part of the process for applying for approval under the proposed Arms Bill.

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Part 3Licences and approvals
Approved ammunition sellers: Applying for approval

172Chief executive may grant approval

  1. The chief executive may grant an application for approval made under section 171 if the chief executive is satisfied that the applicant—

  2. holds a firearms licence; and
    1. meets the prescribed requirements for approval.

      1. The approval takes effect from the date of the approval or any later date specified in the approval.

      2. The chief executive must not decline an application for approval without first giving the applicant—

      3. a copy of any information on which the chief executive relies in proposing to decline the application; and
        1. a reasonable opportunity to make written submissions to the chief executive in relation to that information.