Proactive release of papers relating to development of the buy-back scheme
On 20 June 2019 the Minister of Police Hon Stuart Nash and the Minister of Finance Hon Grant Robertson announced a compensation scheme for firearms, parts and magazines prohibited by the Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Parts and Magazines) Amendment Act 2019.
The following papers include advice on options provided to Ministers and Cabinet on the development of the compensation scheme and show the process of reaching final decisions. The Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Parts and Magazines) Amendment Regulations 2019 set out how the compensation scheme has been implemented.
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Cabinet papers and related documents
- Cabinet paper: Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Regulations 2019 (PDF, 880KB)
- Cabinet Minute CAB-19-MIN-0299 (PDF, 635KB)
- Regulatory Impact Assessment - Implementation of Arms Amnesty - Compensation for individuals and Dealers and Prohibition of certain types of ammunition (PDF, 3.57MB)
Advice to Ministers and related documents
- Firearms buy-back cost estimation (20/03/19) (PDF, 776KB)
- Settings for the proposed buy-back scheme (02/04/19) (PDF, 1.8MB)
- Providing for the buy-back scheme in the Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines and Parts) Bill (03/04/19) (PDF, 206KB)
- Proposed provisions for the Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Bill (07/04/19) (PDF, 1.10MB)
- Buy-back information on decisions, timeframes and operational processes (09/04/19) (PDF, 642KB)
- Amnesty and buy-back implementation (26/04/19) (PDF, 1.37MB)
- Buy-back and amnesty implementation update (09/05/19) (PDF, 1.07MB)
- Provisional advice on compensation for dealers (15/05/2019) (PDF, 909KB)
- Draft timelines for the buy-back regulations and Bill 2 (22/05/2019) (PDF, 333KB)
- Regulatory settings for the buy-back scheme (27/05/2019) (PDF, 2.83MB)
- KPMG Report: Firearms Buy-Back Pricing (June 2019) (PDF, 3.39MB)
- Buy-back commencement & firearms announcements (06/06/2019) (PDF, 710KB)
- Points for discussion with the Minister of Finance (10/06/2019) (PDF, 261B)
- Providing modification of prohibited firearms as an option (11/06/2019) (PDF, 761KB)
- Talking points for firearms buy-back oral item (02/10/2019) (PDF, 980KB)