30Recreational hunting/vermin control—persons who are not members of approved hunting clubs

#### 30 Recreational hunting/vermin control—persons who are not members of approved hunting clubs 30 Recreational hunting/vermin control—persons who are not members of approved hunting clubs > > (1) If an applicant for a licence (not being a member of an approved hunting club) proposes to establish recreational hunting/vermin control as a genuine reason for being issued with the licence and, in order to do so, is required to produce proof of permission to shoot on rural land, the applicant must produce with the application as evidence of the permission— > > > > > (a) written permission to shoot on the land, or > > > > > (b) a statutory declaration verifying that permission to shoot on the land has been given. > > > (2) During the term of a licence issued to an applicant referred to in this clause, the licensee may lawfully possess or use a firearm (as authorised by the licence) on land other than the land specified in respect of the application if the licensee has the permission of the owner or occupier of that other land (or of an officer of the agency concerned) to shoot on that other land. > > > (3) Any permission to shoot on rural land (including any statutory declaration verifying that permission has been given) must describe the land to which the permission relates and the type of game to be shot. > > > (4) If a licensee has permission to shoot on rural land, the licensee must, on demand made at any time by a police officer or an authorised officer for that land— > > > > > (a) produce for inspection by the police officer or authorised officer, as evidence of the permission, written permission or a statutory declaration by the person verifying that permission has been given, or > > > > > (b) if it is not in the licensee’s immediate possession—produce that evidence as soon as practicable (but not more than 48 hours) after the demand is made to the officer who made the demand or to another police officer or authorised officer nominated by the officer who made the demand. > > > > Maximum penalty (subclause (4)): 20 penalty units. > > > (5) A person commits an offence under subclause (4) only if the police officer or authorised officer, when making the demand, explains to the person that failure to comply with the demand is an offence. > > > (6) The Commissioner may approve alternative means for producing evidence of permission to shoot on rural land for the purposes of this clause and producing evidence by any such approved alternative means satisfies a requirement of this clause for the production of that evidence. > > > (7) In this clause— > > > > authorised officer, in relation to rural land on which permission to shoot has been given, means an officer of the relevant agency (as referred to in the genuine reason of recreational hunting/vermin control) that has the care, control or management of the land.