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Arms Bill

General requirements - Requirements for carrying on business activities - Requirements for employees of licensed business assisting with business activities

61: Employees of licensed business do not require endorsements

You could also call this:

"Workers at licensed gun businesses don't need special permits for some guns."

Illustration for Arms Bill

If you work for a licensed business and do things related to that business, you might not need a special endorsement on your firearms licence. You must be doing your job and helping with business activities, and you must be qualified to do so under section 60. You do not need an endorsement to have certain firearms or parts, like restricted firearms or pistols, when you are working for the licensed business. You can have restricted magazines, restricted parts, large-capacity pistol magazines, pistol carbine conversion kits, or restricted weapons without an endorsement. This rule applies when you are acting as an employee of a licensed business and helping with business activities. You must be qualified under section 60 to do these activities. This proposed law change would affect what you can do as an employee of a licensed business. It would mean you do not need an endorsement on your firearms licence for certain things. You would still need to follow other rules and be qualified under section 60.

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Part 2General requirements
Requirements for carrying on business activities: Requirements for employees of licensed business assisting with business activities

61Employees of licensed business do not require endorsements

  1. This section applies to an employee of a licensed business when the employee is—

  2. acting in their capacity as an employee of a licensed business; and
    1. assisting with the carrying on of a business activity (if they are qualified under section 60 to do so).

      1. The employee does not require an endorsement on their firearms licence to possess—

      2. a restricted firearm:
        1. a restricted magazine:
          1. a restricted part:
            1. a pistol:
              1. a large-capacity pistol magazine:
                1. a pistol carbine conversion kit:
                  1. a restricted weapon.