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106 Participation requirements for pistol sport/target shooters
> > (1) The holder of a category H (sport/target shooting) licence must be a member of at least one approved pistol club and must during each compliance period for such a club of which the person is a member participate in shooting activities of an approved pistol club (whether or not a club of which the person is a member) as follows—
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> > > (a) during a compliance period in which the person has only 1 kind of pistol—the person must participate in at least 6 shooting activities of an approved pistol club that are competitive shooting matches,
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> > > (b) during a compliance period in which the person has 2 kinds of pistol—the person must participate in at least 4 shooting activities of an approved pistol club for each kind of pistol (a minimum of 8 shooting activities in total) of which at least 6 must be competitive shooting matches,
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> > > (c) during a compliance period in which the person has 3 kinds of pistol—the person must participate in at least 4 shooting activities of an approved pistol club for each kind of pistol (a minimum of 12 shooting activities in total) of which at least 6 must be competitive shooting matches.
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> > (2) There are 3 different kinds of pistol for the purposes of this clause—air pistols, rimfire pistols and centre-fire pistols. A black powder pistol is to be regarded as a centre-fire pistol.
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> > (3) The number of different kinds of pistol that a person has during a compliance period is the number of different kinds of pistol that the person has registered in their name during the compliance period.
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> > (4) If the number of different kinds of pistol that a person has during a compliance period changes during the compliance period, it is the highest number that the person has that determines the number of shooting activities that the person is required to participate in during the compliance period but in such a case the Commissioner may reduce the required number of shooting activities if the Commissioner considers it to be fair and reasonable to do so.