Clubs and Ranges Regulations
Click here for Club Approval Advice to Associations and Clubs
Click here for the link for key information from the Firearms Safety Authority
Click here for the Shooting Club Guide
Click here for a list of the Shooting Range Inspectors
Note the definition of a shooting Club. This includes Clubs, Associations and TSNZ
“A shooting club is a voluntary association of people who act according to a set of written rules, and take part (or intend to take part) in shooting activities on a regular basis. In this context shooting activities means using a firearm to shoot at targets that aren't living, whether those targets are fixed or moving. Paintball shooting and airsoft shooting are not included in shooting activities.”
Police Range Inspections - What Clubs have to do
Ross Mason - 19 October 2022
Range Certification
Clubs should now be very aware that ALL TSNZ ranges need to be reinspected and a completed application for Range Certification be sent to Police by 24 June 2023.
Here is a list of the things that all Shooting Range Operators (SRO) need to do:
Club Approvals
All Shooting Clubs have be approved by 24 Jun 2023. Sadly, there are no regulations out and this will have to be worked out early next year. TSNZ Shooting Clubs should all have a constitution. If Clubs are going to buy and sell ammunition for the benefit of the members, then they will need to become Incorporated Societies. At this time, Clubs should get their constitutions sorted but wait until early 2023 for further information.
Comment
Once it looks like the application will be accepted, the next step will be certification. Police will process and keep the application at this point. But…… The Regulations have not been finalised as of 19 October. It is expected they will be out by the end of this year. These will also include Fees for the Certification of the Range. Once published, there may be modifications to the application. Since 90% of the process has occurred it is expected these will be easily accommodated.
From the Police Website:
“Once the required content, process and fee for application are set out in regulations, and when the regulations come into force, Police will contact the Shooting Range Operator to discuss how to make a formal application. If the application is approved the Shooting Range Operator will receive a certificate for each certified range.”
It is important to note that at the time the application is forwarded to Police, all forms must accompany the application. Merely applying is not sufficient.
Failure to supply a completed application by 24 June 2023 will mean the range is not certified and shooting must cease until certification is approved.
Collectively we have some work to do. Together we can achieve it.
Range Certification Update - Steve O'Donnell - 12 October 2022
The new Arms Legislation requires all shooting range operators to have submitted their certification application by 23rd June 2023, or they will not be able to continue shooting on the range until the range is fully certified.
The application MUST include the Shooting Range Inspectors (SRI) report and the Range Standing Orders.
We currently have approximately ten qualified TSNZ-focussed SRI’s to cover all our ranges before June 2023.
It is URGENT that all Associations and Clubs get their ranges inspected and the application process started.
Ross Mason is a long-time TSNZ Member from Upper Hutt, and is also a member of the Police Range Certification Engagement Group.
Ross has been assisting to write the Police Range Manual and to recruit Shooting Range Inspectors,
and will be regularly updating TSNZ on the progress of the new Clubs and Ranges Certification process.