New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 16

16 Category H licences-restrictions on issue

(cf APMC 3 (c), 1989 Act s 21 re pistols)

(1) The Commissioner must not issue a category H licence to any person unless:

(a) the genuine reason established by the person for being issued with the licence is any one or more of the following:

(i) sport/target shooting,

(ii) business or employment,

(iii) firearms collection, and

(b) in addition to establishing any such genuine reason, the person produces evidence to the Commissioner’s satisfaction that there is a special need for the person to possess or use a pistol.

(2) The Commissioner must not issue a category H (sport/target shooting) licence (other than a probationary pistol licence) to a person unless:

(a) the person has previously been issued with a probationary pistol licence, and

(b) the probationary pistol licence has expired, and

(c) the application for the category H (sport/target shooting) licence is supported by a written statement by the secretary or other relevant office holder of the pistol shooting club of which the person is a member confirming that the person has complied with the conditions specified in section 16A (2).

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to a person if the person has previously held a category H (sport/target shooting) licence.