Thread: First firearm data leak didn’t take long

Originally Posted by RV1

Asking for a friend...

How about the following scenario: Local club wants more qualified/certified range officers. Does sticking your hand up for this mean you now come to the attention of the FSA and will have to register your toys sooner than you'd initially planned?

I've searched the FSA site and read the legislation, but cannot find an answer. Maybe it won't. Maybe it will. Perhaps its better to wait until next year and see how it all pans out...

Originally Posted by No good names left

I think only contact with the FSA or purchases are triggering, becoming a RO within your club should be ok. I would pose that question to someone in your club though.

On the plus side if you do have a triggering event would be there's some good bargains out there now with less people been cautious about buying stuff.

Contact with FSA has nothing to do with it. Becoming an RO is irrelevant to registration or activating events.

As firearms licence holders you are expected to understand the law. Go read it. You do not need to be a lawyer to read legislation.
Arms Act 1983 https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/.../DLM72622.html and Arms Regulations 1992 https://legislation.govt.nz/regulati...DLM168889.html.
You don't need to read all sections or clauses, read the titles of them and read the ones that sound relevant. If you come across a defined term like "arms item" check the interpretation section/clause to see if it has a legal meaning. It'll either be a clause or section at the start of the act/regulations or within the part you are reading. For example Clause 36 in the Regulations provides a definition of "arms item".

For what is an activating event refer to the Arms Regulations. I think this is the third time I've posted this probably about time it's stickied somewhere so we can just point to it several times a day, the weird and wacky understandings on what is an activating event is bizarre it isn't so complicated that misinterpretation should be happening.
Refer directly to Arms Regulations 1992 - Clause 41 - "Initial obligation to provide information for registry if activating circumstance occurs". https://www.legislation.govt.nz/regu...LMS851206.html

In short the regulations require someone to register their arms items if:

• You're involved (technical wording is "has responsibility in relation to") in any of the events listed in Schedule 1B Part 4 of the regulations occur or if update any information detailed in Schedule 1B Part 1 (individual licence holder) or Schedule 1B Part 2 (dealer). https://www.legislation.govt.nz/regu...LMS851297.html
• You apply for a licence or endorsement to your licence.
• You are subject to compliance or enforcement action by the Police under the Arms Act.
• You purchase ammunition after 24 June 2025.

Any other interpretation other than what is black and white in the regulation is incorrect.