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New Zealand. 2021 ‘Section 22H.’ Arms Act 1983: September 2021 Reprint; Section 22H. Wellington: New Zealand. 26 September
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22H Persons disqualified from holding firearms licence
A person is disqualified from holding a firearms licence if—
(a) the person has, within the previous 10 years, been convicted, or been released from custody after being convicted, of any of the following offences:
(i) an offence under section 16(4), 16A, 44A, 50A, 50D, 51A, 53A, 54, 54A, 55, 55A, 55D, 55E, or 55F:
(ii) a serious violent offence as defined in section 86A of the Sentencing Act 2002:
(iii) an offence under section 92, 98, 98A, 189A, 199, 202C, 238, 267(1), 269(1) and (3), or 306 of the Crimes Act 1961:
(iv) an offence under section 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12A, 12AB, or 12F of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975; or
(b) the person has, or has had within the previous 10 years, a protection order, other than a temporary order, made against them under—
(i) section 79 of the Family Violence Act 2018; or
(ii) section 14 of the Domestic Violence Act 1995.
[As amended by Section 39 of the Arms Legislation Act (2020)]