295Officers handling firearms to undergo training courses

295 Officers handling firearms to undergo training courses

295 Officers handling firearms to undergo training courses

(1) A correctional officer must not—

(a) authorise or direct the issue of a firearm to another correctional officer, or

(b) issue a firearm to another correctional officer,

for use by the other officer unless the other officer has undergone an approved training course in the use of that firearm.

(2) A correctional officer must ensure that a correctional officer under his or her control does not perform any duty involving the carrying or use of a firearm unless the officer has undergone an approved training course in the use of the firearm.

(3) This clause does not prevent the performance by a correctional officer of a duty in connection with an approved training course or the issue to the officer of a firearm for that purpose.