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Arms Bill

Licences and approvals - Approved ammunition sellers - Applying for approval

173: Disclosure of certain matters to applicant not required

You could also call this:

"The Arms Regulator doesn't have to share all information with you when you apply."

Illustration for Arms Bill

When you apply for approval, the Arms Regulator does not have to tell you everything. The Arms Regulator can keep some information secret if sharing it would put someone's safety at risk. The Arms Regulator can also keep information secret if sharing it would affect law and order, New Zealand's security, or its relationships with other countries. The Arms Regulator must protect information that other countries or organisations have shared in confidence. This means the Arms Regulator will not disclose information that might harm its relationships with these countries or organisations. You will not be told this information when you apply for approval. The Arms Regulator has to balance your right to know with the need to keep some information secret. This is to ensure everyone's safety and the country's security. The Arms Regulator will only share information that is safe to disclose.

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View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=LMS1533801.

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

173Disclosure of certain matters to applicant not required

  1. Nothing in section 172(3)(a) requires the Arms Regulator to disclose any information to an applicant if the disclosure would be likely to—

  2. endanger the safety of any person; or
    1. prejudice the maintenance of the law; or
      1. prejudice the security or defence of New Zealand or the international relations of the Government of New Zealand; or
        1. prejudice the entrusting of information to the Arms Regulator, the Police, the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service, or the Government Communications Security Bureau on a basis of confidence by—
          1. the government of any other country; or
            1. any international organisation.