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Weapons Act 1990
sec.134Licensees to keep participation record
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### sec.134 Licensees to keep participation record
If a licensee is the registered owner of a category H weapon, it is a special condition of the licensee’s licence that the licensee—
advise each approved pistol club of which the licensee is a member of the participation conditions, and any change to the participation conditions, to which the member’s licence is subject; and
keep a record of the licensee’s participation in handgun shooting competitions ( participation record ).
The advice under subsection (1) (a) must be given in writing within 28 days after the happening of any of the following—
the start of a financial year;
the licensee becoming a member of an approved pistol club;
a change to the participation conditions to which the licensee’s licence is subject.
The participation record must contain the information prescribed under a regulation.
The licensee must enter the prescribed information immediately after the licensee’s participation in a club organised shoot has ended.
The licensee must have the entry endorsed, in the way prescribed under a regulation, as correct by a range officer of the approved pistol club conducting the club organised shoot on the day of the shoot before the shoot ends.
If the club organised shoot is a handgun shooting competition conducted outside Queensland, the licensee may have the entry endorsed, in the way prescribed under a regulation, as correct by an official supervising the competition.
An endorsement under subsection (5) or (6) must clearly identify the person making the endorsement.
An entry properly endorsed under this section is evidence of the licensee’s participation in the club organised shoot.
In this section—
registered owner , of a category H weapon, means the person entered in the firearms register as the owner of the weapon.
s 134 prev s 134 amd 1994 No. 13 s 3 sch
om 2000 No. 5 s 461 sch 3
pres s 134 ins 2003 No. 37 s 64
(sec.134-ssec.1) If a licensee is the registered owner of a category H weapon, it is a special condition of the licensee’s licence that the licensee— advise each approved pistol club of which the licensee is a member of the participation conditions, and any change to the participation conditions, to which the member’s licence is subject; and keep a record of the licensee’s participation in handgun shooting competitions ( participation record ).
(sec.134-ssec.2) The advice under subsection (1) (a) must be given in writing within 28 days after the happening of any of the following— the start of a financial year; the licensee becoming a member of an approved pistol club; a change to the participation conditions to which the licensee’s licence is subject.
(sec.134-ssec.3) The participation record must contain the information prescribed under a regulation.
(sec.134-ssec.4) The licensee must enter the prescribed information immediately after the licensee’s participation in a club organised shoot has ended.
(sec.134-ssec.5) The licensee must have the entry endorsed, in the way prescribed under a regulation, as correct by a range officer of the approved pistol club conducting the club organised shoot on the day of the shoot before the shoot ends.
(sec.134-ssec.6) If the club organised shoot is a handgun shooting competition conducted outside Queensland, the licensee may have the entry endorsed, in the way prescribed under a regulation, as correct by an official supervising the competition.
(sec.134-ssec.7) An endorsement under subsection (5) or (6) must clearly identify the person making the endorsement.
(sec.134-ssec.8) An entry properly endorsed under this section is evidence of the licensee’s participation in the club organised shoot.
(sec.134-ssec.9) In this section— registered owner , of a category H weapon, means the person entered in the firearms register as the owner of the weapon.
- (a) advise each approved pistol club of which the licensee is a member of the participation conditions, and any change to the participation conditions, to which the member’s licence is subject; and
- (b) keep a record of the licensee’s participation in handgun shooting competitions ( participation record ).
- (a) the start of a financial year;
- (b) the licensee becoming a member of an approved pistol club;
- (c) a change to the participation conditions to which the licensee’s licence is subject.