Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) The holder of a licence must not possess or use a firearm –
(a) if any purpose is specified in the licence, for any purpose that is not so specified; or
(b) if any premises are specified in the licence, at any premises that are not so specified.
Penalty:
In the case of –(a) the holder of a firearms dealer licence, a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units; or
(b) the holder of any other licence, a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.
(2) However, it is not an offence under subsection (1) for the holder of an active non-sporting firearms licence to possess and use a firearm specified in the licence at an approved range if –
(a) the firearm is used only for orientation purposes; and
(b) the holder of the licence has the permission of the club or person in charge of the range; and
(c) the person has not used that firearm, for orientation purposes, at any range on more than 3 occasions in the 6-month period immediately preceding the day on which the person is attending the range.
(3) In this section –
"active non-sporting firearms licence" means a firearms licence that –(a) authorises its holder to use a firearm; and
(b) does not specify, as a purpose for which that firearm may be used, range shooting, sport shooting or target shooting;
"orientation purposes", in relation to a firearm, means any or any combination of the following:(a) sighting the firearm;
(b) testing the firearm or its components or ammunition;
(c) acquiring familiarity with the firearm;
(d) acquiring greater proficiency in the use of the firearm;
"range" includes shooting gallery.