Firearms Act 1996

The Commissioner must not grant an application for a Category D firearms licence to any person unless the person – establishes and provides evidence that the genuine reason for holding the licence is animal population control or firearms collection; and if the genuine reason for holding the licence is animal population control, produces evidence to the Commissioner's satisfaction that there is a need for the person to possess or use a firearm of the category to which the application relates.

Any licence granted by the Commissioner authorising a person to possess or use a firearm referred to in section 17(1), if the genuine reason for holding the licence is firearms collection, is subject to the conditions referred to in section 47.