Thread: Police s45A Mail form - was refused one

Originally Posted by timattalon

Having read S43A of the arms act there is no mention of the requirement to supply the police any of the firearm details, address or most of the info they "require" All the form is required to say is that the police have inspected the purchasers firearms license and is satisfied that the purchaser is a fit and proper person to purchase that firearm or ammunition. See below. Now I have no problem filling out most of the form, but considering it is sent to the seller, why does the seller need to know where the seller lives? surely they already know, they live there.

Quoted from Arms Act 1983 No 44 (as at 01 January 2014), Public Act – New Zealand Legislation

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Mail order sale of firearm or ammunition

(1) Every person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 who sells by mail order a firearm or any ammunition for a firearm or restricted weapon otherwise than pursuant to a written order—

. (a) signed by the purchaser; and

. (b) bearing an endorsement signed by a member of the Police and stating that the member of the Police—

. -(i) has inspected the purchaser's firearms licence; and

. -(ii) is satisfied that the purchaser is a fit and proper person to purchase that firearm or ammunition.

(2) Nothing in this section applies in relation to—

. (a) any pistol, restricted weapon, or military style semi-automatic firearm; or

. (b) any ammunition for a firearm to which paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) of section 22(1) applies.

Section 43A: inserted, on 1 November 1992, by section 21 of the Arms Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 95).

Section 43A(1): amended, on 1 July 2013, by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).

Thanks for that, I'll be printing that off and taking it along next time. (Not to wave around when I walk in the door, but for when Little Miss Fusspot has a spazz and I've tried reasoning etc and it's failed. Ie like last week)