Weapons Regulation 2016
sec.140Condition applying to shooting club permit may be imposed to report injury or property damage at range
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sec.140 Condition applying to shooting club permit may be imposed to report injury or property damage at range
For section 89 (2) (c) of the Act , an authorised officer may impose a condition, stated in subsection (2) , applying to a shooting club permit held by an approved shooting club. The condition is that the holder of the permit must give an authorised officer, within 14 days after the holder becomes aware, or suspects, that a prescribed thing has happened at a shooting range used by the club, written notice of the prescribed thing. The notice may relate only to injury or damage caused by a firearm used at the range, other than damage to a target or a thing designed as a bullet barrier. In this section— prescribed thing means an injury to a person, or damage to property, at or in the vicinity of the range. (sec.140-ssec.1) For section 89 (2) (c) of the Act , an authorised officer may impose a condition, stated in subsection (2) , applying to a shooting club permit held by an approved shooting club. (sec.140-ssec.2) The condition is that the holder of the permit must give an authorised officer, within 14 days after the holder becomes aware, or suspects, that a prescribed thing has happened at a shooting range used by the club, written notice of the prescribed thing. (sec.140-ssec.3) The notice may relate only to injury or damage caused by a firearm used at the range, other than damage to a target or a thing designed as a bullet barrier. (sec.140-ssec.4) In this section— prescribed thing means an injury to a person, or damage to property, at or in the vicinity of the range.