Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CRIMES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2015 (NO. 3 OF 2015) - SECT 37

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    (2A)     A licence that authorises the licensee to have possession or use of a registered firearm also authorises the licensee to use the registered firearm at an approved shooting range for 1 or more of the following purposes:

        (a)     to test the firearm;

        (b)     to adjust the sights on the firearm;

        (c)     to develop and refine self-loaded ammunition;

        (d)     to receive instruction and certification in the use of the firearm for an employment-related purpose.

Example—employment-related purpose

a person with an employee licence under the Security Industry Act 2003

wanting to maintain that licence

Note     An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act

, s 126 and s 132).

    (2B)     For subsection (2A), a licensee need not be a member of the shooting club that operates the approved shooting range.