Police review of Arms Act 1983
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From: Malcolm Lock
Dear New Zealand Police,
Please supply any reports or supporting documents submitted to the House of Representatives by the minister of police, as per section 96 of the Arms Act 1983
https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/publ...
96
Review of this Act
(1)The Minister of Police must—
(a)review the operation of this Act when all of the provisions of the amendment Act, except sections 106 and 108, have been in force for 3 years; and
(b)prepare a report on that review, including recommendations for amendments to this Act.
(2)The review must include reviewing—
(a) the operation of the registry; and
(b)all offences and penalties in this Act; and
(c)the impact of the amendment Act.
(3)
The review must be completed within 18 months after all of the provisions of the amendment Act, except sections 106 and 108, have been in force for 3 years.
(4)The Minister must present the report to the House of Representatives as soon as practicable after it has been completed.
(5)In this section, amendment Act means the Arms Legislation Act 2020.
Section 96: inserted, on 25 June 2020, by section 104 of the Arms Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 23).
Yours faithfully,
Malcolm Lock
From: Malcolm Lock
Dear New Zealand Police,
Can you please acknowledge receipt of this request?
Yours faithfully,
Malcolm Lock
From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Hello Malcolm
Police do not have record of receiving an OIA request from you re "Police review of Arms Act 1983".
The only open OIA we have for you is IR-01-25-2190 re Police officer conduct, and you were sent an acknowledgement email for this on 21/1/25 (see attached).
Please forward your new OIA request details and we will be happy to action it.
Kind regards, Michelle
Advisor - Police National Headquarters
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From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Tena koe Malcolm,
I refer to your below Official Information Act request dated 20 January 2025.
We have transferred your request in full to Minister of Police. The information to which your request relates is not held by us, but is believed to be held by and more closely related to the functions of the Minister of Police. In these circumstances, we are required by section 14 of the Official Information Act 1982 to transfer your request.
You will hear further from the Minister of Police concerning your request.
Ngā mihi
Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters
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From: Police
Kia ora Malcolm
I am writing in regard to your recent Official Information Act request of
20 January 2025, seeking:
o Please supply any reports or supporting documents submitted to the
House of Representatives by the minister of police, as per section 96
of the Arms Act 1983
I am writing to notify you that I am extending the timeframe for response
to your request under the following section of the Act:
• under section 15A(1)(b) of the OIA to enable necessary
consultation on the response given the material in scope of the
request.
We will now respond to your request on or before 25 March 2025, this is an
extension of 20 working days.
You have the right to seek investigation and review of my decision by the
Ombudsman, in accordance with section 28(3) of the Act. The relevant
details can be found at: [1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
Ngā Mihi,
Georgina
Police – Correspondence Administrator | Office of Hon Mark Mitchell
Minister of Corrections | Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery
Minister for Ethnic Communities | Minister of Police |
Minister for Sport and Recreation | MP for Whangaparaoa
Website: [2]www.Beehive.govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
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Dear Malcolm
Tēnā koe
Please find attached the response to your OIA request.
Nāku noa, nā
Office of Hon Mark Mitchell
Minister of Corrections
Minister of Police
Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery
Minister for Ethnic Communities
Minister for Sport and Recreation
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Parliamentary Service Te Ratonga Whare Pāremata
Private Bag 18041, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
[4]www.parliament.nz
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The original request was delivered to the Police mail server 2025-01-20 18:15 which responded '250 ok: Message 12111379 accepted'. This is the received time within the meaning of the OIA, regardless of what a downstream system at the agency (e.g. spam protection) may have done.
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