Arms Legislation Bill - Amendment paper No 446
Arms Legislation Bill - Amendment paper No 446
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Arms Legislation Bill - Amendment paper No 446
No 446
House of Representatives
Supplementary Order Paper
Wednesday, 19 February 2020
Arms Legislation Bill
Proposed amendment
Brett Hudson, in Committee, to move the following amendment:
Clause 36
In clause 36, new section 24A(1), replace paragraph (j) (page 46, lines 13 and 14) with:
(j)
the applicant has been convicted of an offence under the Human Rights Act 1993 or the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015 relating to violent, hateful, or extremist speech or behaviour:
Explanatory note
This Supplementary Order Paper amends clause 36 of the Arms Legislation Bill. It makes a change to the “fit and proper person”
test to hold a firearms licence by replacing new section 24A(1)(j) with a new provision that would stop an applicant from having a licence approved if they had been convicted of an offence under the Human Rights Act 1993 or the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015 relating to violent, hateful, or extremist speech or behaviour. This provides certainty and clarity in the way Police would be assessing patterns of behaviour of people, and bring these assessments in line with current legislation in New Zealand.
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