Firearms Act 1996
273Licensing of entities to operate approved shooting
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273 Licensing of entities to operate approved shooting ranges (1) A regulation may provide for the licensing of an entity to operate an approved shooting range. (2) A regulation may–– (a) make provision in relation to— (i) the issue and refusal to issue a licence to operate an approved shooting range; and (ii) the renewal and refusal to renew a licence to operate an approved shooting range; and (iii) the imposition of conditions on a licence to operate an approved shooting range, or the conditions to which the licence is subject; and (iv) the replacement of and refusal to replace a licence to operate an approved shooting range; and
(b) make provision in relation to the cancellation, variation and suspension of a licence to operate an approved shooting range; and (c) fix a period for which a licence to operate an approved shooting range or renewal remains in force; and (d) require the production of information by— (i) an applicant for a licence to operate an approved shooting range or for a renewal or variation of a licence to operate an approved shooting range; and (ii) the holder of a licence to operate an approved shooting range; and (e) prescribe the circumstances in which a licence to operate an approved shooting range must be surrendered or returned to the