An applicant whose genuine reason for possessing or using a firearm is primary production must –

(a) be a person who is regularly engaged –

(i) in the business of primary production on land owned, managed or leased by the person; or

(ii) as an employee of such a person; and

(b) produce evidence to the Commissioner's satisfaction that he or she intends to use the firearm solely in connection with –

(i) the suppression of vertebrate pest animals on the land; and

(ii) the destruction of animals to avoid pain and suffering.