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Arms Bill

Shooting clubs and shooting ranges - Compliance

245: Temporary suspension of shooting range’s operations for non-compliance with improvement notice

You could also call this:

"Shooting ranges can be temporarily closed if they don't follow improvement notices."

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If you run a shooting range and do not follow an improvement notice, an officer from the Arms Regulator can stop your range from operating for a while. They will send you a written notice saying why they are stopping your range and when the stop will start. You will get this notice if you failed to comply with an improvement notice issued under section 243. If you have a pistol shooting range, the notice will also say that the stop is so the Arms Regulator can think about cancelling your range's certification. The stop will last until you get a decision about your certification, but it will end after 90 days if you do not get a decision by then. The officer will send you a written notice with all these details.

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Part 5Shooting clubs and shooting ranges
Compliance

245Temporary suspension of shooting range’s operations for non-compliance with improvement notice

  1. An officer of the Arms Regulator may, by notice in writing to the range operator, temporarily suspend the operations of the shooting range if the officer is satisfied that the shooting range has failed to comply with an improvement notice issued under section 243.

  2. A notice of temporary suspension must state—

  3. the ground on which the notice is given; and
    1. the date on which the suspension begins.
      1. In the case of a notice of temporary suspension issued to a pistol shooting range, the notice must also state—

      2. that the suspension is to enable the Arms Regulator to consider cancelling the shooting range’s certification on that ground; and
        1. that the suspension lasts until notice of the decision as to whether to cancel the certification is given to the range operator, but, if the notice is not given within 90 days after the suspension takes effect, the suspension ends with the close of that 90-day period.