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Firearms Act 1996
274Licensing of entities to operate approved paintball ranges
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274 Licensing of entities to operate approved paintball ranges
(1) A regulation may provide for the licensing of an entity to operate an
approved paintball range.
(2) A regulation may––
(a) make provision in relation to—
(i) the issue and refusal to issue a licence to operate an
approved paintball range; and
(ii) the renewal and refusal to renew a licence to operate an
approved paintball range; and
(iii) the imposition of conditions on a licence to operate an
approved paintball 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 paintball range; and
(b) make provision in relation to the cancellation, variation and
suspension of a licence to operate an approved paintball range;
and
(c) fix a period for which a licence to operate an approved paintball
range or renewal remains in force; and
(d) require the production of information by—
(i) an applicant for a licence to operate an approved paintball
range or for a renewal or variation of a licence to operate
an approved paintball range; and
(ii) the holder of a licence to operate an approved paintball
range; and
(e) prescribe the circumstances in which a licence to operate an
approved paintball range must be surrendered or returned to the
(3) Also, a regulation may prescribe the records that must be kept by a
paintball range operator in relation to the storage of a paintball marker
for someone other than the operator.