Firearms Regulation 2008

This section applies if a target pistol shooter applies for membership of an approved shooting club.

The secretary or another office-holder of the approved shooting club may ask the registrar, in relation to an application for membership of the club by a target pistol shooter (the applicant), to give the secretary or other office-holder of the club information about any of the following known to the registrar:

for an adult applicant—the pistols owned by the applicant;

any other approved shooting club, or approved shooting club (however described) in a State, of which the applicant is a member;

Note State includes the Northern Territory, see the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1.

any other approved shooting club, or approved shooting club (however described) in a State, of which the applicant has been refused membership, or had his or her membership suspended or cancelled, in the 5 years before the day the application is made;

any category H licence issued to the applicant that has been cancelled in the 5 years before the day the application is made;

any earlier application for a category H licence by the applicant that has been refused by the registrar in the 5 years before the day the application for membership is made.

The secretary or other office-holder of the approved shooting club may also ask the registrar, in relation to an application for membership, to disclose to the secretary or other office-holder of the club the applicant’s criminal history (if any) that is, in the registrar’s opinion, relevant to the issue of a category H licence.

The registrar is authorised to give or disclose the information mentioned in subsections (2) and (3) to the secretary or other relevant office-holder of the club.