Licence Requirements for Competition

[Lindsay Horsfall]

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[Dave Purcell]

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.

[Petevm]

It's a well established fact that field shooting ability (and hence the humane destruction of vermin etc) is enhanced by range time - particularly in organized matches with wind indicator flags and some peer group standard of reference. In my opinion the terms of your licence would not be breached by competing at a 'Fly' shoot.

Pete

[Petevm]

It's a well established fact that field shooting ability (and hence the humane destruction of vermin etc) is enhanced by range time - particularly in organized matches with wind indicator flags and some peer group standard of reference. In my opinion the terms of your licence would not be breached by competing at a 'Fly' shoot.

Pete

[Anthony Hall]

Hi Lindsay,

Techincally it is a requirement to have "target " endorsed on your licence to enter a competition.

As Pete said.... if you were using the competitive environment to practice and learn for your vermin shooting... who is going to argue ?... or for that matter check ?

The simple way - this is what the firearms registry web site says;

What if I want to change my genuine reason or add a new genuine reason?
You will need to apply to have a genuine reason added or removed from your licence. You should call the firearms registry on 1300 362 562 or alternatively email the Firearms Registry Licensing Unit at [e-mail] to obtain application forms.

It will incur a cost of $75 to have a genuine reason added or removed from your licence, as this requires a new licence to be produced.

NOTE: Your updated licence will retain the same expiry date as your current licence.

Pain in the bum as you will have to go and have the photo taken again etc.... but for $75 you have everything covered as you are already an SSAA member..

Cheers & I hope you can make it to Batemans Bay for the shoot.

Anthony

[Les Fraser]

Thanks guys for helping Lindsay with his request and a special thanks to Anthony for his up to date information and contribution. Different states do work in funny ways when all else fails all you can really do is go off the law and Anthony has provided everything you need to achieve what you want Lindsay......

cheers and good shooting Les