Legal Document
THE ARMS AND AMMUNITION REGULATIONS FOR RIFLE AND CLAY PIGEON SHOOTING CLUBS, 1971.
(Under section 31 of the Act)
Date of Commencement: 17th, September, 1971.
Citation.
1. These regulations may be cited as the Arms and Ammunition Regulations for Rifle and Clay Pigeon Shooting Clubs 1971.
Application for firearm licences.
2. (1) Any person who requires a licence to which these regulations apply shall make a written application on the prescribed form to the chairman of the Firearms Licences Board.
(2) Such application shall be accompanied by a certificate of the chairman or the secretary of a rifle or clay pigeon shooting club approved by the Commissioner of Police as such, that he is a fully paid-up member of such club.
Conditions for the grant of firearm licence.
3. The following conditions shall apply to and shall be endorsed upon, every licence granted to a person for the possession of a firearm to be used by him at target practice as a member of a rifle or clay pigeon shooting club, namely —
(a) the said firearm shall be used solely for such purposes;
(b) the licence shall only be valid while such person is a fully paid-up member of such club, and provided that he attends not less than four shoots per calendar year.
Lapse of licence.
4. Any person whose licence has lapsed in terms of regulation 3 shall, within thirty days of such lapsing, sell or otherwise dispose of the firearm to which such licence relates to a recognised firearms dealer or to such other person who may be approved of by the Firearms Licences Board, or failing this to surrender the firearm to the nearest police station, and section 14(1) and (2) of the Arms and Ammunition Act No. 24 of 1964 shall thereupon mutatis mutandis apply.
Return of members.
5. (1) On a date to be specified by the Minister by notice in the Gazette the secretary of every rifle or clay pigeon shooting club shall submit to the licensing officer a return showing all the fully paid-up members of the club on such date.
(2) Thereafter the secretary of each such rifle or clay pigeon shooting club shall make a return to the licensing officer by not later than the fifteenth day of March in each year showing all the fully paid-up members of the club on the preceding first day of March.