Firearms (General) Amendment (Safety Training Courses) Regulation 2006 (NSW)
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New South Wales
Firearms (General) Amendment (Safety
Training Courses) Regulation 2006
under the
Firearms Act 1996
Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Firearms Act 1996.
CARL SCULLY, M.P.,
Minister for Police
Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Firearms (General) Regulation 1997 for the following purposes:
| (a) | to prescribe, for the purposes of the Firearms Act 1996 (the Act), the Firearms Licence Qualification Course as a firearms safety training course that may be completed by a licence applicant to satisfy the requirement that a licence applicant complete such a course (for firearms other than pistols), |
| (b) | to extend the category of organisations that may provide firearms safety training courses (for firearms other than pistols), |
| (c) | to provide that, in certain circumstances, a person who is undertaking a firearms safety training course is exempt from the requirement under the Act to be authorised by a licence to possess or use a firearm (other than a pistol). |
This Regulation is made under the Firearms Act 1996, including sections 10, 11, 32 and 88
(the general regulation-making power).
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Firearms (General) Amendment (Safety Training
Courses) Regulation 2006
under the
Firearms Act 1996
1 Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Firearms (General) Amendment (Safety Training
Courses) Regulation 2006.
2 Commencement
This Regulation commences on 17 April 2006.
3 Amendment of Firearms (General) Regulation 1997
The Firearms (General) Regulation 1997 is amended as set out in
Schedule 1.
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(Clause 3)
[1] Clause 96 Firearms safety training courses
Omit clause 96 (1). Insert instead:
(1) Except as provided by subclause (2), the firearms safety training courses that are prescribed for the purposes of the Act are as follows:
(a) for firearms other than pistols—the course known as the Firearms Licence Qualification Course or any other approved course conducted by or on behalf of an approved person or body, (b) for pistols—an approved course conducted by or on behalf of an approved pistol club.
[2] Clause 109A
Insert after clause 109:
| 109A | Exemption relating to persons undertaking firearms safety training courses | |||
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(a) the name of any person to whom this clause applies, (b)
such other particulars as may be specified by the Commissioner.
(3) A person to whom this clause applies is, during the period specified in subclause (4), exempt from the requirement under the Act to be authorised by a licence to possess or use a firearm (other than a pistol) if the person does so:
(a) while undertaking the course at approved premises, and (b) except in such cases as may otherwise be approved—while under the direct supervision of a person who: (i) is approved by the Commissioner under clause 96 (4) as a firearms licence qualification instructor, and
(ii) is appointed by the person or body conducting the course, and
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(iii) is the holder of a licence that authorises the person to possess and use the firearm.
(4) An exemption under this clause:
(a)
commences when the person begins the firearms safety training course concerned at approved premises, and
(b)
ends when that course is complete (or, if the person ceases the course at an earlier date, on that earlier date).
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