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Shooting clubs and shooting ranges - Non-pistol shooting ranges

236: Application for enrolment of non-pistol shooting range

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"How to Apply to Enrol a Non-Pistol Shooting Range"

You want to enrol a non-pistol shooting range. You must apply to the chief executive. You make the application in a certain way and it must include some details. The application must be in a form the chief executive approves. You must say in the application that the range has rules that have been approved. You must also say that you have all the necessary consents to operate the range. The application must be supported by certain information and documents. You may need to pay a fee with your application. You can make the application if you are an individual, a company, or another type of organisation. If you are not an individual, the application must be made by someone who is authorised to do so. The chief executive will look at your application and decide what to do next.

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235: Temporary non-pistol shooting ranges must be notified to chief executive, or

"Tell the boss about your temporary shooting range or you might get fined"

237: Chief executive may make inquiries and request further information, or

"The boss can check and ask for more details about your shooting range application."

Part 5Shooting clubs and shooting ranges
Non-pistol shooting ranges

236Application for enrolment of non-pistol shooting range

An application for the enrolment of a non-pistol shooting range must be made,—
if the person who is proposing to operate the range is an individual, by that individual; or
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
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.

An application for enrolment must be made to the chief executive in the prescribed manner and must—
be in a form approved by the chief executive; and
include the prescribed details (if any); and
include a declaration declaring that—
1. the non-pistol shooting range has range standing orders that have been approved by the association the range is affiliated with or the chief executive; and
2. all necessary territorial authority and regional council consents to operate the non-pistol shooting range have been obtained; and
be supported by any information and documents that are prescribed; and
be accompanied by the prescribed application fee (if any).