(1) A person who wishes to obtain a category H sports shooter's licence must be (or become) a shooting member of an approved firearms club.
(2) A person may apply for a category H sports shooter's licence if the person:
(a) is a shooting member of an approved firearms club; and
(b) has satisfactorily completed an approved firearm safety training course; and
(c) holds, and has held for at least 3 months, a permit to use category H firearms under supervision for sports shooting.
(3) Subsection (2)(c) does not apply in relation to a person who, at the time of applying for a category H sports shooter's licence, is the holder of:
(a) a category H sports shooter's licence; or
(b) 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; or
(c) a corresponding licence.