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FIREARMS ACT 1997 - SECT 15B

Procedure for obtaining licence

    (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.



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