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Arms Bill

Shooting clubs and shooting ranges - Non-pistol shooting clubs

219: Non-pistol shooting club must be incorporated society in certain circumstances

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"Shooting clubs selling guns or ammo must register as a society"

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If you are part of a non-pistol shooting club, it may need to be registered as an incorporated society. This is if the club sells standard firearms or ammunition to people. The club can register under the Incorporated Societies Act 1908 or the Incorporated Societies Act 2022. If the club sells ammunition for people to use that day at a club shooting activity, it does not need to be registered. This is as long as the ammunition is used at the activity or stored at the club afterwards. You can find more information about this in section 222. The club must follow these rules to be enrolled under section 222. You can register the club under one of the Incorporated Societies Acts. This will help the club follow the rules.

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219Non-pistol shooting club must be incorporated society in certain circumstances

  1. If standard firearms are sold to persons on behalf of a non-pistol shooting club, the club may not be enrolled under section 222 unless it is registered as an incorporated society under—

  2. the Incorporated Societies Act 1908; or
    1. the Incorporated Societies Act 2022.

      1. If ammunition is sold to persons on behalf of a non-pistol shooting club, the club may not be enrolled under section 222 unless it is registered as an incorporated society under—

      2. the Incorporated Societies Act 1908; or
        1. the Incorporated Societies Act 2022.

          1. However, subsection (2) does not apply if ammunition is sold to persons on behalf of the non-pistol shooting club for use on the day of sale at a club shooting activity and the ammunition is—

          2. used by the persons at the club shooting activity; or
            1. stored on the premises of the club after the club shooting activity.