New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 16

16 Category H licences--restrictions on issue

(cf APMC 3 (c), 1989 Act s 21 re pistols)

(1) The Commissioner must not issue a category H licence to any person unless--

(a) the genuine reason established by the person for being issued with the licence is any one or more of the following--

(i) sport/target shooting,

(ii) business or employment,

(iii) firearms collection, and

(b) in addition to establishing any such genuine reason, the person produces evidence to the Commissioner's satisfaction that there is a special need for the person to possess or use a pistol.

(1A) For the purposes of subsection (1),
"business or employment" includes work undertaken voluntarily but only with respect to the static guarding of approved premises.

(2) The Commissioner must not issue a category H (sport/target shooting) licence (other than a probationary pistol licence) to a person unless--

(a) the person has previously been issued with a probationary pistol licence, and

(b) the probationary pistol licence has expired, and

(c) the application for the category H (sport/target shooting) licence is supported by a written statement by the secretary or other relevant office holder of the pistol shooting club of which the person is a member confirming that the person has complied with the conditions specified in section 16A (2).

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to a person if the person has previously held a category H (sport/target shooting) licence.

(4) The Commissioner must not issue a category H (business/employment) licence (other than a provisional pistol (business/employment) licence) to a person who has never held such a licence unless--

(a) the person has previously been issued with a provisional pistol (business/employment) licence, and

(b) the provisional pistol (business/employment) licence has expired.

(5) The Commissioner must not issue a provisional pistol (business/employment) licence to a person unless--

(a) the person indicates that he or she intends to be employed by an approved master licensee specified in the application for the licence for the term of the licence, and

(b) the approved master licensee has verified to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that the master licensee intends the employment to continue for the term of the licence.