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Arms Bill

Endorsements and permits - Permits to import

194: Issue of permit to import pistol carbine conversion kits

You could also call this:

"Getting a permit to import a pistol carbine conversion kit into New Zealand"

If you want to import a pistol carbine conversion kit, you must apply for a permit. The chief executive may ask you to provide samples of the kit for examination and testing. You will need to show the chief executive that there are special reasons for the kit to be allowed into New Zealand. The chief executive will only grant your application if you meet certain conditions. You must have a licence that allows you to possess a pistol and have been issued with a permit to import or possess a pistol. The kit must also meet specific requirements, such as only allowing the pistol to fire certain ammunition at a low speed. However, if you are applying in a specific capacity, the chief executive may grant your application without checking all of these conditions. If you have appointed a business to import the kit on your behalf, the business must have a licence that allows them to possess a pistol. The chief executive will consider your application and may grant you a permit to import the pistol carbine conversion kit.

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193: Issue of permit to import firearms, etc, or

"Getting a permit to bring firearms and ammo into New Zealand"

195: Issue of permit to import air pistol carbine conversion kits, or

"Getting a permit to import air pistol conversion kits for airsoft or paintball"

Part 4Endorsements and permits
Permits to import

194Issue of permit to import pistol carbine conversion kits

After receiving an application for the issue of a permit to import a pistol carbine conversion kit, the chief executive may require the applicant to produce to the chief executive, for examination and testing, samples of any pistol carbine conversion kit of the kind referred to in the application that the chief executive considers necessary.
The chief executive may grant an application for the issue of a permit to import a pistol carbine conversion kit only if—
the chief executive is satisfied that—
1. there are special reasons why the pistol carbine conversion kit should be allowed into New Zealand; and
2. the pistol carbine conversion kit specifically enables a pistol that has an overall length of no more than 400 millimetres and is capable of firing specified ammunition only at a muzzle velocity of 1,600 feet per second or less to be fired from the shoulder; and
3. the pistol carbine conversion kit does not modify the pistol in any way other than as specified in subparagraph (ii); and
the application is made by the holder of a licence—
1. whose licence bears an endorsement permitting the holder to possess a pistol; and
2. who has been issued with—
  1. a permit to import a pistol; or
  2. a permit to possess a pistol.

However, if an application is made by an applicant in the applicant’s capacity described in section 183(4), (5), (6), or (7), the chief executive may grant the application without being satisfied of the matters in subsection (2)(a)(ii) and (iii).
If the applicant has appointed a licensed business as their agent to import a pistol carbine conversion kit, the holder of the business licence that authorises the licensed business to sell pistol carbine conversion kits must have an endorsement on their licence permitting them to possess a pistol.