Nov. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 3157

26. Every permit to bring or send into a prescribed area any firearm, ammunition, or explosive shall be in the form numbered (8) in the First Schedule hereto.

27. Every Superintendent and Inspector shall keep a copy of every such permit issued by him.

28. Any such permit may be revoked at any time by any Superintendent or Inspector.

29. Any person who is in possession of any firearm, ammunition, or explosive in a prescribed area and who changes his place of abode shall immediately before removing give to the officer of police in charge at the nearest police-station in the district in which he is residing notice in writing of his new abode, and the number, date, and place of issue of his certificate of registration, and a full description of any ammunition or explosive in his possession.

REGISTRATION OF FIREARMS.

30. Every application for a certificate of registration must be made to the nearest authorized officer in the district in which the applicant usually resides.

31. Every application for a certificate of registration shall state when, where, and from whom the applicant obtained the firearm, and the date, place, and number of the certificate of previous registration, if any; and every authorized officer who issues a certificate of registration shall endorse such particulars of previous registration on such certificate and the copies thereof.

32. Every certificate of registration shall be in the form numbered (9) in the First Schedule hereto.

33. Every authorized officer shall keep a copy of every certificate of registration issued by him, and shall also forward a copy of such certificate to the Superintendent or Inspector in charge of the district.

34. Every Superintendent or Inspector in charge of a district shall keep a Register, in the form numbered (10) in the First Schedule hereto, of all certificates issued in his district.

35. A certificate of registration shall have effect only in the district in which it was issued, but any authorized officer may by endorsement on the certificate give the owner of a firearm permission to have possession of such firearm in any other district for a period of not more than one month. Such permission may be extended for a like period from time to time by the same or any other authorized officer.

Such permission shall not entitle the holder to have a firearm in a prescribed area within the meaning of section 8 of the Act.

36. Every authorized officer shall keep a record of every such permission granted by him.

37. As often as any person in possession of a firearm in any district changes his place of abode within that district he shall, either immediately before removing or within six clear days thereafter, give notice of same in writing, and forward his certificate of registration to the nearest authorized officer in the district. Such authorized officer shall record the new place of abode on the certificate, and return it to the owner. He shall forward the notice of change of abode to the Superintendent or Inspector in charge of the district, who shall record same in his Register of Arms, and then forward it to the authorized officer nearest to the new place of abode for record by him.

38. When any such person changes his abode to any place outside the district in which his certificate of registration was issued he shall, immediately before removing or within six clear days thereafter, give notice of same in writing to the authorized officer nearest to the place he is leaving or has left, as the case may be. Every authorized officer who receives such notice shall forward same to the Superintendent or Inspector in charge of the district, who shall record same in his Register of Arms, and forward it to the authorized officer nearest to the new place of abode.

Such person on removing to another district shall, within six clear days, make application for registration in the district in which his new abode is situate, and such application shall be accompanied by the certificate of the last previous registration.

39. The authorized officer who issues to such person a certificate of registration shall endorse on the notice of change of abode the number and place and date of issue of such certificate of re-registration, and shall subscribe such notice. He shall also endorse on the certificate of re-registration and the copies thereof the number, and the place and date of issue, of the certificate of the last previous registration. He shall cancel the latter certificate, endorsing thereon the number, and the place and date of issue, of the certificate of re-registration, and shall subscribe the same and return it to the Superintendent or Inspector of the district in which it was issued. The latter shall cancel the registration in his Register of Arms, and forward the cancelled certificate to the police-station at which it was issued, in order that the copy of same may be cancelled.

40. Every Superintendent or Inspector in charge of a district shall immediately after the 30th day of June in each year obtain a return from every authorized officer in his district showing—

(a.) The name, abode, and occupation of every person to whom a permit to procure firearms has been issued, and the number of the permit;

(b.) The name, abode, and occupation of every person to whom a certificate of registration has been issued, and the number of such certificate.

He shall search his Register of Arms to ascertain—

(a.) If any firearm has been procured and has not been registered; and

(b.) If any certificate of registration has not been entered in such Register.

He shall endorse in the Register the result of his investigation, and shall subscribe the same.

41. Every Superintendent or Inspector shall from time to time expunge from his Register of Arms the name of every person whose death is proved to his satisfaction.

LICENSED DEALERS IN ARMS.

42. Every application for a dealer’s license must be in writing and signed by the applicant and delivered to the Superintendent or Inspector in charge of the district in which the business for which the license is required is situate, and shall state the full name, abode, and occupation of the applicant, and shall describe the nature of the business carried on or to be carried on by the applicant, and the number of firearms and quantity of ammunition and explosives usually kept by him or intended to be kept at the place of business for which the license is required.

43. If such Superintendent or Inspector is satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold such a license, he may issue and deliver such license to the applicant upon payment of the prescribed fee.

44. A dealer’s license shall be in the form numbered (11) in the First Schedule hereto, and shall be for one place of business only. Every such license shall be void, and may not be exercised, after the expiration of twelve months from the date it was issued.

45. Every Superintendent or Inspector in charge of a district shall keep a copy of every dealer’s license issued by him, and shall keep a Register in the form numbered (12) in the First Schedule hereto, with a separate page for each place of business of a dealer.

46. Every such Register shall be revised from time to time, and an entry made therein of any matter to be recorded in connection with any such dealer or his license.

47. The record-book to be kept by a licensed dealer shall be in the form numbered (13) in the First Schedule hereto, and the prescribed particulars shall be entered therein before delivery of the firearm or ammunition or explosive. A separate book shall be kept for each place of business:

Provided that for a record of the sale of explosives the entry in the book required to be kept under the Explosive and Dangerous Goods Act, 1908, shall be sufficient for the purposes of this regulation.

48. Every licensed dealer shall keep a book in the form numbered (14) in the First Schedule hereto, and shall on the 31st day of January, 1921, enter therein a statement of all firearms, ammunition, and explosives then in his possession, and shall always thereafter truly and punctually enter therein a statement of all firearms, ammunition, and explosives received by him or coming into his possession.

49. All books and permits which a licensed dealer is required to keep by the Act, and all stocks of firearms, ammunition, and explosives kept by him, shall be available for inspection at any time by any Superintendent or Inspector in charge of a district or any authorized officer.

FEES.

50. The fees payable under the Act shall be as set out in the Second Schedule hereto.

51. Every Superintendent or Inspector in charge of a district shall pay all fees received by him into the Public Account, and shall furnish to the Commissioner of Police at the end of each month a return showing particulars of all licenses issued by him during the month, and shall attach thereto a Public Account bank receipt for the fees received in respect of such licenses.

GENERAL.

52. The Commissioner of Police may appoint any officer of police to be an officer authorized for the purposes of sections 7, 8, and 9 of the Act.

53. Every person to whom any license, certificate, or permit under the Act has been issued and who is authorized to retain the same shall, on demand by an officer of police, produce forthwith for inspection such document, and the unlawful weapon, firearm, ammunition, or explosive referred to therein.

54. Every person who wilfully makes any false statement touching any of the particulars required to be known and [or] registered under the provisions of the Act or these regulations commits an offence against these regulations, and any license, certificate, or permit issued to him under the Act shall at once become void.