Participation Requirements to maintain a license

 

Persons obtaining a firearms licence with club membership to support their genuine reason must comply with the participation requirements and activities as prescribed by Part 10 of the Firearms Regulation 2017.

The holder of a licence issued for the genuine reason of sport/target shooting (not being category H) must be a member of at least one approved shooting club (other than a pistol club) and must, during each compliance period for the club, participate in not less than 4 shooting activities by an approved shooting club (other than a pistol club).

The holder of a licence issued for the genuine reason of recreational hunting/ vermin control supported by hunting club membership must be a member of at least one approved hunting club (AHO) and must, during each compliance period, participate in no less than 2 hunting club events. Note: This participation requirement only applies if membership of an approved hunting club is the sole reason for which the licensee has established the genuine reason of recreational hunting/vermin control.

If you are a member of more than one approved club for any one discipline, you must nominate your principal club and notify the Commissioner in writing of your nominated principal club. This may be done when you make application for your firearms licence. The genuine reason forms provide for nomination of your principal club. If you participate in any compliance activity at a club that is not your nominated principal club, you must notify your nominated principal club in writing of the details of any such activity within the nominated principal club's compliance period. Your principal club will notify the Firearms Registry of those club members who do not comply with their participation requirements within the club's 12 month reporting period (as prescribed by Part 10 of the Firearms Regulation 2017).

Hastings Valley Hunting Club "compliance period" is 1st July to 30th June each year.

Note that it is your responsibility to advise Firearms NSW of who is your "primary reporting club".  This can be done in the Gunsafe Portal.  To assist in this, the following approval numbers are held by the Club.

  Target Approval number 405676818

  Hunting Approval number 405676826

 

A detailed fact sheet from Firearms NSW is available by clicking this link -  Participation_Requirements_for_Club_Members.pdf