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Arms Act 1983

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38S: Application for certification of pistol shooting range

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"How to get a pistol shooting range approved"

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You can apply to have a pistol shooting range certified. You make this application if you want to run the range. If you are an individual, you apply yourself. You can also apply if you are a company or another type of organisation. In this case, someone authorised by your organisation makes the application. If you are not an individual or a company, someone you authorise makes the application. You send your application to the Commissioner. You do this in a way set out by regulations under the Arms Act 1983. Your application must be on a form approved by the Commissioner.

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Part 6Shooting clubs and shooting ranges
Pistol shooting ranges

38SApplication for certification of pistol shooting range

  1. An application for certification of a pistol shooting range may be made,—

  2. if the person who is proposing to operate the range is an individual, by that individual; or
    1. if the person who is proposing to operate the range is a body corporate, by a person who is authorised to make the application; or
      1. if the person who is proposing to operate the range is not an individual or a body corporate, by the person’s representative who is authorised by the person to make the application.

        1. An application for certification must be made to the Commissioner in the manner prescribed by regulations made under this Act, and must—

        2. be in a form approved by the Commissioner; and
          1. be supported by any information and documents that are prescribed; and
            1. be accompanied by the prescribed application fee (if any).

              Notes
              • Section 38S: replaced, on , by section 5 of the Arms (Shooting Clubs, Shooting Ranges, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 15).