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FIREARMS REGULATIONS 2018 (SR NO 114 OF 2018) - REG 25

Prescribed purposes for applying for longarm and general category handgun licences

    (1)     For the purposes of section 10(1)(e) of the Act, a longarm licence for category A longarms may be issued for the purposes of—

        (a)     the training and trialling, with a shotgun, of gun dogs; or

        (b)     historical re-enactments (if the exemption in item 10 of Schedule 3 to the Act does not apply ); or

        (c)     public ceremonial events; or

        (d)     commemorative events; or

        (e)     starting or finishing sporting events with a shotgun.

    (2)     For the purposes of section 10(1)(e) of the Act, a longarm licence for category B longarms may be issued for the purposes of—

        (a)     historical re-enactments ( if the exemption in item 10 of Schedule 3 to the Act does not apply ); or

        (b)     public ceremonial events; or

        (c)     commemorative events; or

        (d)     starting or finishing sporting events with a muzzle loading firearm or a black powder ball firing cannon.

    (3)     For the purposes of section 13(1)(a) of the Act, a longarm licence for category E longarms may be issued for firearms which have been modified to be incapable of firing cartridge ammunition for the purposes of—

        (a)     historical re-enactments ( if the exemption in item 10 of Schedule 3 to the Act does not apply) ; or

        (b)     public ceremonial events; or

        (c)     commemorative events.

    (4)     For the purposes of section 15(1)(c) of the Act, a general category handgun licence may be issued for the purposes of—

        (a)     historical re-enactments (if the exemption in item 10 of Schedule 3 to the Act does not apply ); or

        (b)     public ceremonial events; or

        (c)     commemorative events; or

        (d)     starting or finishing sporting events; or

        (e)     the training and trialling of dogs, with a general category handgun, being a general category handgun which is and has always been constructed for the purpose of starting sporting events.



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