Weapons Regulation 2016
sec.137Approved weapons club that is a crossbow club and conducts shooting range to keep range use register book
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sec.137 Approved weapons club that is a crossbow club and conducts shooting range to keep range use register book
If an approved weapons club is a crossbow club and conducts a shooting range, it is a condition of the club’s approval that the club must— keep a register of range use, complying with subsection (3) ; and ensure the register is available at all times when the range is being conducted by the club. On each occasion a person attends the range to discharge a weapon, the person must, before discharging a weapon at the range— if the person is a licensee—produce the person’s licence to a range officer at the range; and enter in the register the details provided for under subsection (3) . Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. The register must be in book form and include provision for the following details— the person’s name; the serial number of each category M weapon the person is to discharge at the range. It is also a condition of the crossbow club’s approval that the club ensure that, before it allows the person to use the range, a range officer of the club— inspects the entry made by the person in the register; and endorses the entry as correct. The endorsement of the entry must clearly identify the person who makes the endorsement. Subsections (2) (a) and (4) do not apply to a range officer of the club who discharges a weapon at the range. (sec.137-ssec.1) If an approved weapons club is a crossbow club and conducts a shooting range, it is a condition of the club’s approval that the club must— keep a register of range use, complying with subsection (3) ; and ensure the register is available at all times when the range is being conducted by the club. (sec.137-ssec.2) On each occasion a person attends the range to discharge a weapon, the person must, before discharging a weapon at the range— if the person is a licensee—produce the person’s licence to a range officer at the range; and enter in the register the details provided for under subsection (3) . Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.137-ssec.3) The register must be in book form and include provision for the following details— the person’s name; the serial number of each category M weapon the person is to discharge at the range. (sec.137-ssec.4) It is also a condition of the crossbow club’s approval that the club ensure that, before it allows the person to use the range, a range officer of the club— inspects the entry made by the person in the register; and endorses the entry as correct. (sec.137-ssec.5) The endorsement of the entry must clearly identify the person who makes the endorsement. (sec.137-ssec.6) Subsections (2) (a) and (4) do not apply to a range officer of the club who discharges a weapon at the range.
- (a) keep a register of range use, complying with subsection (3) ; and
- (b) ensure the register is available at all times when the range is being conducted by the club.