Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 123D(1) amended by No. 50/2007 s. 33(1).
(1) An approved handgun target shooting club must take the prescribed measures to ensure that any holder of a general category handgun licence whose licence has been suspended or cancelled does not take part in any handgun target shooting match or handgun target shoot conducted by the club.
S. 123D(1A) inserted by No. 78/2005 s. 48, amended by No. 50/2007 s. 33(1).
(1A) An approved handgun target shooting club must take the prescribed measures to ensure that any holder of a provisional general category handgun licence whose provisional licence has been suspended or cancelled does not take part in any handgun target shooting match or handgun target shoot conducted by the club.
(2) An approved handgun target shooting club must not admit a person as a member of the club if the person is a prohibited person.
(3) An approved handgun target shooting club must not admit a person as a member unless a nominated officer of the club reasonably believes that that person has submitted to the club—
(a) any records about that person kept by or on behalf of the Chief Commissioner or any person holding a position equivalent to that of the Chief Commissioner in the Commonwealth or in any other State or Territory of the Commonwealth; and
(b) two character references from people who are of or over the age of 18 years, who are of good repute and who have known the person for a minimum of 2 years; and
(c) the names of any other approved handgun target shooting clubs of which that person is a member; and
(d) the names of any other approved handgun target shooting clubs which, at any time in the 5 years immediately preceding the application, the applicant—
(i) has applied to join; or
(ii) has had a membership of; or
(iii) has had a membership of cancelled or suspended; or
(iv) has been refused membership of; and
(e) on the form approved by the Chief Commissioner—
(i) details of all handguns owned or possessed by the applicant; and
(ii) details of any handguns (not in the possession of the applicant) for which the applicant—
(A) has applied for a permit to acquire; or
(B) has, or has previously been issued with, a permit to acquire; or
(C) for which a permit to acquire has previously been refused.
(4) An approved handgun target shooting club must notify the Chief Commissioner—
(a) of the acceptance of each new member of the club within 28 days of having done so; and
S. 123D(4)(b) amended by No. 50/2007 s. 33(2)(a).
(b) of the refusal of an application for membership within 7 days of having done so; and
S. 123D(4)(c) inserted by No. 50/2007 s. 33(2)(b).
(c) of the name of any person who has surrendered his or her membership or who has had his or her membership suspended or cancelled, within 7 days of that surrender, suspension or cancellation.
(5) For the purposes of this Act, a person is taken not to be a member of an approved handgun target shooting club until the Chief Commissioner receives notification of that person's membership under subsection (3).
S. 123E inserted by No. 28/2003 s. 53.