Firearms Act 1996 Firearms (General) Amendment (Approval of Clubs) Regulation 1998 (1998-242) [GG No 76 of 8.5.1998, p 3216] (NSW)

1998 No 242

New South Wales

Firearms (General) Amendment

(Approval of Clubs) Regulation 1998

under the

Firearms Act 1996

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Firearms Act 1996.

PAUL WHELAN, M.P.,

Minister for Police

Explanatory note

Under the Firearms Act 1996, a person’s membership of an approved club may be relevant in establishing the person’s genuine reason for having a firearm. The Firearms (General) Regulation 1997 enables the Commissioner

of Police to approve a club if the club is affiliated with one of a number of
specified peak associations. The objects of this Regulation are:

(a)	to extend the list of the associations with which a shooting, hunting or collectors’ club may be associated in order to be an approved club, and
(b)	to enable the Commissioner to approve a club that is affiliated with an interstate association not included in the list.

This Regulation is made under the Firearms Act 1996, including section 88

(the general regulation making power).

Published in Gazette No 76 of 8 May 1998, page 3216 Page 1

1998 No 242

Clause 1	Firearms (General) Amendment (Approval of Clubs) Regulation 1998
Schedule 1	Amendment

Firearms (General) Amendment (Approval of

Clubs) Regulation 1998

1 Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Firearms (General) Amendment (Approval of Clubs) Regulation 1998.

2 Amendment of Firearms (General) Regulation 1997

The Firearms (General) Regulation 1997 is amended as set out

in Schedule 1.

3 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

Schedule 1 Amendment

(Clause 2)

Clause 78 Approval of club

Insert at the end of clause 78 (3) (d):

Victorian Field and Game Association
Incorporated
Australian Clay Target Association Inc
Australian Sporting Clays
Target Rifle Australia Inc
NSW Rifle Association of Australia Inc

Air Rifle Association of Australia

(Incorporated)

Arms Collectors Guild of NSW

any other approved peak firearms

association that is based interstate