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FIREARMS REGULATION 2008 (NO 55 OF 2008) - REG 9

Shooting clubs, power to request information from registrar about target pistol shooters—Act, s 272 (2) (m)

    (1)     This section applies if a target pistol shooter applies for membership of an approved shooting club.

    (2)     The secretary or another office-holder of the approved shooting club may ask the registrar, in relation to an application for membership of the club by a target pistol shooter (the applicant ), to give the secretary or other office-holder of the club information about any of the following known to the registrar:

        (a)     for an adult applicant—the pistols owned by the applicant;

        (b)     any other approved shooting club, or approved shooting club (however described) in a State, of which the applicant is a member;

Note     State includes the Northern Territory, see the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1.

        (c)     any other approved shooting club, or approved shooting club (however described) in a State, of which the applicant has been refused membership, or had his or her membership suspended or cancelled, in the 5 years before the day the application is made;

        (d)     any category H licence issued to the applicant that has been cancelled in the 5 years before the day the application is made;

        (e)     any earlier application for a category H licence by the applicant that has been refused by the registrar in the 5 years before the day the application for membership is made.

    (3)     The secretary or other office-holder of the approved shooting club may also ask the registrar, in relation to an application for membership, to disclose to the secretary or other office-holder of the club the applicant's criminal history (if any) that is, in the registrar's opinion, relevant to the issue of a category H licence.

    (4)     The registrar is authorised to give or disclose the information mentioned in subsections (2) and (3) to the secretary or other relevant office-holder of the club.



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