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FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 16

Conditions applying to handgun licences

    (1)     A handgun licence is subject to—

        (a)     the general conditions specified in items 1, 2 and 3 of Schedule 1; and

        (b)     the special conditions specified in item 3 of Schedule 2; and

        (c)     any other conditions imposed on the licence or the category of licence by the Chief Commissioner.

S. 16(2) inserted by No. 28/2003 s. 10, amended by No. 78/2005 s. 12(1).

    (2)     If a person is the holder of a handgun target shooting licence, the licence is subject to the following conditions—

        (a)     the holder must not participate in target shooting for any purpose other than the purpose of preparing for and competing in approved handgun target shooting matches;

        (b)     if the holder is a member of more than one approved handgun target shooting club, the holder must nominate one such club to be his or her principal club.

S. 16(3) inserted by No. 28/2003 s. 10, amended by Nos 107/2003 s. 3(1), 78/2005 s. 12(2), substituted by No. 12/2012 s. 10(1).

    (3)     A handgun target shooting licence under which the holder possesses, carries or uses general category handguns is subject to the condition that in each calendar year for which the holder holds the licence, for the number of specified classes of handgun possessed, carried or used under the licence, he or she must, on at least 10 separate days, participate in at least the total number of—

        (a)     handgun target shoots; or

        (b)     approved handgun target shooting matches; or

        (c)     a combination of the number of handgun target shoots and handgun target shooting matches—

set out in column 2 of the Table opposite the number of specified classes of handgun possessed, carried or used set out in column 1 of the Table.

TABLE

Column 1

Column 2

Number of specified classes of handgun possessed, carried or used

Total number of handgun target shoots or matches or combination of both

1

10

2

10

3

12

4

16

S. 16(4) inserted by No. 28/2003 s. 10, substituted by No. 12/2012 s. 10(1).

    (4)     Of the number of matches and shoots that the holder of a handgun target shooting licence is required to participate in under subsection (3) in any calendar year—

        (a)     at least 6 must be approved handgun target shooting matches; and

        (b)     at least 4 must be participated in for each specified class of handgun; and

        (c)     participation may be either as a competitor, supervisor, competition judge or range officer but at least 6 must be participated in as a competitor.

S. 16(5) inserted by No. 28/2003 s. 10, amended by Nos 107/2003 s. 3(2), 78/2005 s. 12(3), 50/2007 s. 7, repealed by No. 12/2012 s. 10(1).

    *     *     *     *     *


S. 16(6) inserted by No. 28/2003 s. 10, repealed by No. 12/2012 s. 10(1).

    *     *     *     *     *

S. 16(7) inserted by No. 28/2003 s. 10.

    (7)     For the purposes of this section, a person who conducts a handgun safety course, that is of a class of such courses that has been approved by the Chief Commissioner, is deemed to have competed in an approved handgun target shooting match.

S. 16(8) inserted by No. 107/2003 s. 3(3), amended by No. 78/2005 s. 12(4), substituted by No. 52/2010 s. 5(1).

    (8)     For the purposes of this section, a handgun target shoot must be—

        (a)     a handgun target shoot that is—

              (i)     conducted for the purposes of preparation for participation in an approved handgun target shooting match; and

              (ii)     organised by an approved handgun target shooting club; and

              (iii)     conducted on an approved shooting range; or

S. 16(8)(b) amended by No. 12/2012 s. 10(2).

        (b)     a handgun target shoot conducted in another State or a Territory or a place outside Australia that is recognised by the Chief Commissioner under subsection (12)(b) as complying with paragraph (a).

S. 16(8A) inserted by No. 78/2005 s. 12(5).

    (8A)     If, in any calendar year, the holder of a handgun target shooting licence

        (a)     holds the licence for less than the calendar year; or

        (b)     holds the licence in respect of a specified class of handguns for less than the calendar year—

the conditions applying to the licence under this section as to participation in approved handgun target shooting matches and handgun target shoots apply proportionately, based on whole calendar months, for that year, after rounding down to the nearest whole number of such matches and shoots.

S. 16(9) inserted by No. 107/2003 s. 3(3).

    (9)     In this section, "specified class of handgun" means any of the following—

        (a)     any of the classes of general category handgun that are prescribed for the purposes of this section;

        (b)     the class of general category handgun that is comprised by those handguns that do not form part of any class of handgun prescribed under paragraph (a).

S. 16(10) inserted by No. 78/2005 s. 12(6).

    (10)     For the purposes of this section, an approved handgun target shooting match or a handgun target shoot that takes place on more than one day is to be taken to be, for each day on which the match or shoot takes place, a separate match or shoot.

S. 16(11) inserted by No. 78/2005 s. 12(6).

    (11)     This section (other than subsection (1)) does not apply to—

        (a)     the holder of a handgun target shooting licence, where that person does not possess a handgun under that licence; or

        (b)     a person, where that person possesses and carries a handgun under a licence issued under section 15(1)(d); or

        (c)     the holder of a handgun target shooting licence which is not a natural person.

S. 16(12) inserted by No. 52/2010 s. 5(2).

    (12)     The Chief Commissioner may recognise—


S. 16(12)(a) amended by No. 12/2012 s. 10(3).

        (a)     a handgun target shooting match conducted in another State or a Territory or a place outside Australia to be an approved handgun target shooting match; or

S. 16(12)(b) amended by No. 12/2012 s. 10(3).

        (b)     a handgun target shoot conducted in another State or a Territory or a place outside Australia to be a handgun target shoot that complies with subsection (8)(a).

S. 16(13) inserted by No. 52/2010 s. 5(2), amended by No. 12/2012 s. 10(4).

    (13)     The participation by a person in a handgun
target shooting match conducted in another
State or a Territory or a place outside Australia that the Chief Commissioner has recognised
under subsection (12)(a) does not count as participation in an approved handgun target shooting match for the purposes of this section and section 123C(1)(c) unless the Chief Commissioner is satisfied that the person participated in that handgun target shooting match.

S. 16(14) inserted by No. 52/2010 s. 5(2), amended by No. 12/2012 s. 10(5).

    (14)     The participation by a person in a handgun target shoot conducted in another State or a Territory or a place outside Australia that the Chief Commissioner has recognised under subsection (12)(b) does not count as participation in a handgun target shoot for the purposes of this section unless the Chief Commissioner is satisfied that the person participated in that handgun target shoot.

S. 16(15) inserted by No. 52/2010 s. 5(2), amended by No. 12/2012 s. 10(6).

    (15)     A person who participates in a handgun target shooting match or a handgun target shoot conducted in another State or a Territory or a place outside Australia must provide evidence of the participation and details of each weapon used to the approved handgun target shooting club of which the person is a member or, if the person is a member of more than one such club, the club which has been nominated by the person as his or her principal club.

Note to s. 16(15) amended by No. 12/2012 s. 10(7).

Note

Under section 123C a handgun target shooting club must report to the Chief Commissioner the participation by its members in any handgun target shooting matches or handgun target shoots conducted in another State or a Territory or a place outside Australia.

S. 16(16) inserted by No. 52/2010 s. 5(2), amended by No. 12/2012 s. 10(8).

    (16)     The Chief Commissioner may, at any time before deciding whether or not a person has participated in a handgun target shooting match or a handgun target shoot conducted in another State or a Territory or a place outside Australia, require the person to produce evidence of that participation.

S. 16A inserted by No. 28/2003 s. 11.



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