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New Zealand. 2021 ‘Sections 1 & 1A.’ Arms Act 1983: September 2021 Reprint; Sections 1 & 1A. Wellington: New Zealand. 26 September

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1. Short Title and commencement

(1) This Act may be cited as the Arms Act 1983.

(2) This Act shall come into force on 1 June 1984.

1A. Purposes of this Act

(1) The purposes of this Act are to—

(a) promote the safe possession and use of firearms and other weapons; and
(b) impose controls on the possession and use of firearms and other weapons.

(2) The regulatory regime established by this Act to achieve those purposes reflects the following principles:

(a) that the possession and use of arms is a privilege; and
(b) that persons authorised to import, manufacture, supply, sell, possess, or use arms have a responsibility to act in the interests of personal and public safety.

[As amended by Section 5 of the Arms Legislation Act (2020)]

ID: Q14702

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