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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation Page
1. Objective 1
2. Authorising provision 1
3. Commencement 2
4. Approved handgun target shooting clubs—reporting
requirements 2
23A. Approved handgun target shooting clubs—reporting
requirements 2
5. Revocation of regulations relating to handgun target shooting
matches 2
6. Issue of category E longarm licences for the purposes of
historical re-enactments and public ceremonial events 2
7. Schedule 7 substituted 2
SCHEDULE 7—Form of Report under Section 123C of the
Firearms Act 1996 3
8. Revocation of Schedules relating to handgun target shooting
matches 5
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ENDNOTES 6
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STATUTORY RULES 2005
S.R. No. 173/2005
Firearms Act 1996
Firearms (Further Amendment) Regulations 2005
The Lieutenant-Governor, having assumed the administration
of the government of the State, with the advice of the
Executive Council, makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 20 December 2005
Responsible Minister:
TIM HOLDING
Minister for Police and Emergency Services
RUTH LEACH
Clerk of the Executive Council
1. Objective
The objective of these Regulations is to amend the
Firearms Regulations 1997—
(a) to prescribe the form of a report under
section 123C of the Firearms Act 1996; and
(b) to revoke the regulations relating to handgun
target shooting matches; and
(c) to amend the condition attaching to
category E longarm licences for the purposes
of historical re-enactments and public
ceremonial events.
2. Authorising provision
These Regulations are made under section 191 of
the Firearms Act 1996.
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3. Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on
1 January 2006.
4. Approved handgun target shooting clubs—
reporting requirements
After regulation 23 of the Firearms Regulations
19971 insert—
"23A. Approved handgun target shooting
clubs—reporting requirements
The form of a report under section 123C of
the Act is the form in Schedule 7.".
5. Revocation of regulations relating to handgun target
shooting matches
Regulations 19A, 19B and 19C of the Firearms
Regulations 1997 are revoked.
6. Issue of category E longarm licences for the
purposes of historical re-enactments and public
ceremonial events
In regulation 20(3)(a) of the Firearms Regulations
1997, for "rendered permanently inoperable"
substitute "modified to be incapable of firing
cartridge ammunition".
7. Schedule 7 substituted
For Schedule 7 to the Firearms Regulations 1997
substitute—
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'SCHEDULE 7
FORM OF REPORT UNDER SECTION 123C OF THE FIREARMS
ACT 1996
CLUB NAME:
Club Shooting Events
Approved Handgun Target Shooting Matches
Date Match number
Handgun Target Shoots
Date Handgun class number*
* 1. Air handgun; or
2. Rimfire handgun; or
3. Centrefire handgun with a calibre of ⋅38 inch or less or a black
powder handgun; or
4. Centrefire handgun with a calibre of more than ⋅38 inch but not more
than ⋅45 inch.
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Membership List
Full name
Licence number
(if applicable) Date of birth
Principal club
(Y/N)
PARTICIPATION RECORD FOR:
1. Principal Club Members; and
2. Club Members who are Members of that Club only.
Member's full name and licence number:
Approved Handgun Target Shooting Matches
Date
Match
number
Nature
of
partic-
ipation*
Details of
handgun, being
either police
reference
number
(preferable) or
serial number
Handgun
class
number**
Club name
(only if
different
from club
keeping
this record)
* "RO". Range Officer; or
"S". Supervisor; or
"CJ". Competition Judge; or
"I". Instructor (approved firearms safety course); or
"C". Competitor.
** 1. Air handgun; or
2. Rimfire handgun; or
3. Centrefire handgun with a calibre of ⋅38 inch or less or a black
powder handgun; or
4. Centrefire handgun with a calibre of more than ⋅38 inch but not
more than ⋅45 inch.
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Handgun Target Shoots
Date
Nature of
participation*
Details of
handgun,
being either
police
reference
number
(preferable)
or serial
number
Handgun
class
number**
Club name (only
if different from
club keeping this
record)
* "RO". Range Officer; or
"S". Supervisor; or
"C". Competitor.
** 1. Air handgun; or
2. Rimfire handgun; or
3. Centrefire handgun with a calibre of ⋅38 inch or less or a black
powder handgun; or
4. Centrefire handgun with a calibre of more than ⋅38 inch but not
more than ⋅45 inch.'.
8. Revocation of Schedules relating to handgun target
shooting matches
Schedules 8 and 9 to the Firearms Regulations
1997 are revoked.
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ENDNOTES
1 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 32/1997. Reprint No. 2 as at 25 March 2004. Reprinted to
S.R. No. 154/2003. Further amended by S.R. Nos 88/2004 and 124/2005.
Endnotes
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