Firearms Act 1997
15BProcedure for obtaining licence
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15B Procedure for obtaining licence (1) A person who wishes to obtain a category H sports shooter's licence must be (or become) a shooting member of an approved firearms club. (2) A person may apply for a category H sports shooter's licence if the person: (a) is a shooting member of an approved firearms club; and (b) has satisfactorily completed an approved firearm safety training course; and (c) holds, and has held for at least 3 months, a permit to use category H firearms under supervision for sports shooting.
Firearms Act 1997 24 (3) Subsection (2)(c) does not apply in relation to a person who, at the time of applying for a category H sports shooter's licence, is the holder of: (a) a category H sports shooter's licence; or genuine reason of sports shooting; or (c) a corresponding licence.