Thread: Stock Doctor

Originally Posted by Hunter_Nick

Unfortunately no longer in the stock making game. Turns out that a dealers license is required, and that’s too much admin for what it’s worth. Shame really, but it is what it is….

A real shame. Nothing stopping you carrying on as a hobby, as long as you don't make a business out of it....

Section 5 of the Arms Act is a very broad catch all for repair and manufacture of arms items as a business activity that's for sure! It's a weird piece of legislation that the activity themselves are not prohibited at all just making money doing so.
https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/....html#DLM72687

Because I like the odd deep dive into legislation I've found a bit confusing that while you require a dealers licence to repair and modify arms items as a business these activities don't seem to show up anywhere in the offences under the arms act while manufacture does.
The offences under the Arms act are Section 42-59 with Section 55 (1)(c)&(d) being the most relevant.

A lawyer might be able to clarify what the situation is there but from a layman's perspective it seems to be a weird legal limbo of not being compliant with the act but there is no offence you can be charged with?