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Firearms Act 1996
111Composite entity firearms licences—restriction on issue
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111 Composite entity firearms licences—restriction on issue
of category C licences
The registrar must not issue a category C composite entity firearms
licence unless—
(a) the genuine reason established by the composite entity to
possess or use a firearm is—
(i) that the entity is—
(A) engaged in primary production; or
(B) operating a zoo; or
(ii) a genuine reason prescribed by regulation; and
(b) the entity produces evidence that satisfies the registrar that—
(i) the entity has a special need to possess or use a firearm to
which a category C licence applies; and
(ii) the special need cannot be met in any other way (whether
by the authority given by a category A or category B
licence or otherwise).