An applicant for a licence whose genuine reason for possessing or using firearms is recreational shooting or hunting must:
(a) be the owner or occupier of rural land;
(b) produce proof of permission given by the owner or occupier of rural land to shoot on the rural land;
(c) produce proof of permission given by an employee of an Agency, within the meaning of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993 , to shoot on Crown land; or
(d) produce proof of permission given by the clerk of a local government council to shoot on land owned or occupied by the council.