(1) Subsection (2) applies to a person who, immediately before 1 July 2003, was the holder of a shooter's licence authorising the possession and use of a category H firearm that was granted for (or partially for) the genuine reason of sports shooting.
(2) Despite section 15A(1), the person is taken to lawfully hold any category H firearm the person was authorised to hold under the shooter's licence until the registration of the firearm is cancelled under section 110(4).