Recklessly discharging firearm
113 Recklessly discharging firearm
A person must not discharge a firearm within 250 metres of a dwelling house except – on an approved range; or with the consent of the occupier of the dwelling house. Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or both.
However, subsection (2) does not apply to a police officer or animal welfare officer who, acting responsibly in the course of his or her employment, discharges a tranquiliser gun or other firearm within 250 metres of a dwelling house in order to – avert or control a threat to life or property posed by a dangerous, injured, diseased or potentially diseased animal; or end the suffering of an injured or diseased animal.
In this section – animal welfare officer means a person referred to in any paragraph of section 42.
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