Firearms Act 1997
30BRecords to be kept by firearms clubs
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30B Records to be kept by firearms clubs (1) The holder of a firearms club licence must keep and maintain records containing: (a) the names and addresses of all present and past members for the firearms club; and (b) the financial status of members; and (c) for each member – particulars of competition shooting and events organised or co-ordinated by the firearms club that the member has participated including the date of the competition or event and the time when the member commenced and finished competing; and
Firearms Act 1997 34 (d) the names of range officers and other persons responsible for conducting competition shooting and events organised or co-ordinated by the firearms club and the dates and times when they were responsible for conducting a competition or event. (2) The holder of a firearms club licence must, on demand by a police officer, produce to the officer a record required to be kept under subsection (1). (3) A police officer may: (a) examine a record kept under subsection (1); and (b) make copies of, or take extracts from, the record; and (c) retain the record for any reasonable period that the officer thinks fit. (4) The holder of a firearms club licence must provide to the Commissioner within 3 months after the end of each financial year an annual report in the approved form giving the following details: (a) the name and address of each person who was a member of the firearms club during the year and whether or not the member was a financial member; (b) particulars of category H firearms held by each of those members; (c) particulars of participation in category H sports shooting events during the year by each of those members (if applicable), including the dates of the events. Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.