sec.30Firearms licence—category C shotguns for clay target shooting

sec.30 Firearms licence—category C shotguns for clay target shooting

A member of an approved shooting club that takes part in, or is affiliated with a body that takes part in, national and international clay target shooting competition (the member’s club ) may apply for a firearms licence with an endorsement for category C shotguns. The applicant must, because of a lack of strength or dexterity, have a physical need for a category C shotgun to enable the applicant to take part in clay target shooting. A document supporting the existence of that physical need because of a medical condition, signed by a doctor, must be lodged with the application. Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to an applicant who, on 14 November 1996— owned a category C shotgun; and was a member of an approved shooting club that takes part in, or is affiliated with a body that takes part in, national and international clay target shooting competition. The licence authorises the licensee to use any category C shotgun, at an approved range, for each purpose as follows, and to possess any category C shotgun for that purpose— a clay target shooting competition approved by the member’s club; a training program associated with the competition. The licensee must not load or allow anyone else to load more than 2 rounds of ammunition into a weapon to which the licence relates. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units. (sec.30-ssec.1) A member of an approved shooting club that takes part in, or is affiliated with a body that takes part in, national and international clay target shooting competition (the member’s club ) may apply for a firearms licence with an endorsement for category C shotguns. (sec.30-ssec.2) The applicant must, because of a lack of strength or dexterity, have a physical need for a category C shotgun to enable the applicant to take part in clay target shooting. (sec.30-ssec.3) A document supporting the existence of that physical need because of a medical condition, signed by a doctor, must be lodged with the application. (sec.30-ssec.4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to an applicant who, on 14 November 1996— owned a category C shotgun; and was a member of an approved shooting club that takes part in, or is affiliated with a body that takes part in, national and international clay target shooting competition. (sec.30-ssec.5) The licence authorises the licensee to use any category C shotgun, at an approved range, for each purpose as follows, and to possess any category C shotgun for that purpose— a clay target shooting competition approved by the member’s club; a training program associated with the competition. (sec.30-ssec.6) The licensee must not load or allow anyone else to load more than 2 rounds of ammunition into a weapon to which the licence relates. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.

• (a) owned a category C shotgun; and
• (b) was a member of an approved shooting club that takes part in, or is affiliated with a body that takes part in, national and international clay target shooting competition.