Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Firearms Act 1996 - SECT 16

Conditions applying to handgun licences

16. Conditions applying to handgun licences



(1) A handgun licence is subject to-

   (a)  the general conditions specified in items 1, 2 and 3 of Schedule 1;
        and

   (b)  the special conditions specified in item 3 of Schedule 2; and

   (c)  any other conditions imposed on the licence or the category of licence
        by the Chief Commissioner.

(2) If a person is the holder of a handgun target shooting licence, the
licence is subject to the following conditions-

   (a)  the holder must not participate in target shooting for any purpose
        other than the purpose of preparing for and competing in approved
        handgun target shooting matches;

   (b)  if the holder is a member of more than one approved handgun target
        shooting club, the holder must nominate one such club to be his or her
        principal club.

(3) If-





   (a)  a person is the holder of a handgun target shooting licence; and



   (b)  that holder does not, under the licence, possess, carry or use general
        category handguns of more than one specified class of handgun-

the licence is subject to the condition that in each calendar year for which
the holder holds the licence, subject to subsection (4), he or she must
participate in, either as a competitor or as the supervisor, a competition
judge or range officer-

   (c)  at least 6 approved handgun target shooting matches on at least 6
        separate days; and



   (d)  at least 4 handgun target shoots that comply with subsection (8) or
        approved handgun target shooting matches on at least 4 separate days,
        being days that are in addition to the days under paragraph (c).

(4) The holder of a licence, to whom subsection (3) applies, must participate
in at least 6 of the matches and shoots required by subsection (3) as a
competitor.



(5) If-





   (a)  a person is the holder of a handgun target shooting licence; and



   (b)  that holder does, under the licence, possess, carry or use general
        category handguns of more than one specified class of handgun-

the licence is subject to the condition that in each calendar year for which
the holder holds the licence, subject to subsection (6), he or she must
participate in, either as a competitor or as the supervisor, a competition
judge or range officer-

   (c)  for each specified class of handgun in which the holder possesses,
        carries or uses handguns in the whole or any part of the calendar
        year, at least 4 of the following-

   (i)  handgun target shoots; or

   (ii) approved handgun target shooting matches; or

   (iii) a combination of handgun target shoots and handgun target shooting
        matches- for that class of handgun that take place on at least 4
        separate days; and

   (d)  in any case-

   (i)  at least 6 approved handgun target shooting matches on at least 6
        separate days; and

   (ii) at least 4 handgun target shoots that comply with subsection (8) or
        approved handgun target shooting matches on at least 4 separate days,
        being days that are in addition to the days under subparagraph (i).

(6) The holder of a licence, to whom subsection (5) applies, must participate
in at least 6 of the matches and shoots required by subsection (5)(d) as a
competitor.

(7) For the purposes of this section, a person who conducts a handgun safety
course, that is of a class of such courses that has been approved by the Chief
Commissioner, is deemed to have competed in an approved handgun target
shooting match.

(8) For the purposes of this section, a handgun target shoot must be-

   (a)  a shoot conducted for the purposes of preparation for participation in
        an approved handgun target shooting match; and

   (b)  organised by an approved handgun target shooting club; and

   (c)  conducted on an approved shooting range.

(8A) If, in any calendar year, the holder of a handgun target shooting
licence-

   (a)  holds the licence for less than the calendar year; or

   (b)  holds the licence in respect of a specified class of handguns for less
        than the calendar year-

the conditions applying to the licence under this section as to participation
in approved handgun target shooting matches and handgun target shoots apply
proportionately, based on whole calendar months, for that year, after rounding
down to the nearest whole number of such matches and shoots.

(9) In this section, specified class of handgun means any of the following-

   (a)  any of the classes of general category handgun that are prescribed for
        the purposes of this section;

   (b)  the class of general category handgun that is comprised by those
        handguns that do not form part of any class of handgun prescribed
        under paragraph (a).

(10) For the purposes of this section, an approved handgun target shooting
match or a handgun target shoot that takes place on more than one day is to be
taken to be, for each day on which the match or shoot takes place, a separate
match or shoot.

(11) This section (other than subsection (1)) does not apply to-

   (a)  the holder of a handgun target shooting licence, where that person
        does not possess a handgun under that licence; or

   (b)  a person, where that person possesses and carries a handgun under a
        licence issued under section 15(1)(d); or

   (c)  the holder of a handgun target shooting licence which is not a natural
        person.