The following section is inserted after section 4 of the Principal Act:
"4A. Authorisation of rifle or pistol clubs or shooting ranges.
(1) A rifle or pistol club or the owner or operator of a rifle or pistol shooting range shall not allow any firearm or ammunition to be used or stored on the premises of or at the club or shooting range in connection with target shooting unless an authorisation under this section to do so is in force.
(2) An application for such an authorisation shall be made to the Commissioner in the prescribed form by an officer of the club authorised in that behalf or by the owner or operator of the shooting range.
(3) The application shall be accompanied by -
(a) the prescribed fee, and
(b) in the case of a shooting range, a firearms range certificate which is in force.
(4) The application form shall contain a copy of any regulations under subsection (13) or of the material part of them.
(5) The applicant shall supply in writing any further information that the Co
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