New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

FIREARMS REGULATION 2006 - REG 31

31 Practising at approved ranges

(1) The authority conferred by a licence issued for the genuine reason of recreational hunting/vermin control, primary production, vertebrate pest animal control or animal welfare extends to the use of a firearm by the licensee at an approved shooting range, on such occasions as may reasonably be required, for the purposes of:

(a) sighting in the firearm, which includes the sight alignment or tuning of the firearm, familiarisation with or testing of ammunition and practising on targets, or

(b) in the case of a shotgun-patterning the shotgun, which includes the adjusting or aligning of the shotgun, familiarisation with or testing of ammunition and practising on stationary or moving clay targets.

(2) Nothing in this clause authorises:

(a) the holder of a licence referred to in this clause to participate in competitions or activities conducted by a shooting club that require the use of a firearm (except those activities referred to in subclause (1)), or

(b) the use of a shooting range otherwise than in accordance with the approval of the shooting range, including any conditions subject to which the approval was granted.

(3) It is a condition of the approval of a shooting range under Part 8 that the holder of a shooting range approval:

(a) is to ensure that any person using the shooting range under this clause is supervised while doing so by a person appointed by the holder of the approval, and

(b) is to cause the name and licence number of the person using the shooting range under this clause to be recorded, and

(c) is to make any such records available for inspection by a police officer or the Commissioner.

(4) Subclause (3) extends to an approval in force as at the commencement of this clause.