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yeah_na_missed, From the Police Shooting Range Manual Rev 1 (2022-03-03):


In discussion with the Inspector running the Police Shooting Clubs and Ranges team:
If the area is used regularly for...

yeah_na_missed,
I think the Police interpretation is based upon that there is a comma after the word "land" and the fact there is not one after the word "public".

So by their interpretation...

The way you have worded it here would meet the current Police definition of "ad hoc" and would not need certification.

Absolutely agree - and I have spent ~18 months trying to convince the Police staff involved of this. Our history of 0 incidents has to demonstrate what we are doing now works?
So far the definition...

Its a little tricky. Until Police actually release their "Exposure draft" Shooting Range Manual i am not allowed to distribute it. I can talk to whats in it in general though...



In the soon to...

I completely agree gundoc hence my later comment:


Of course if the Police interpretation is written directly into the regulations we have slightly different kettle of fish to deal with. Best we...

Best place is the Police "Exposure Draft" Shooting Range Manual that should be released publicly in the next few weeks.

I think we'll need case law to set a precedent... if the Police...

Just to let you know the Police have taken the exact opposite view point as this. They read the Act as saying the public primarily use the land for shooting when they are there - Not the land's...

The Act is quite specific and all encompassing:
Shooting activities—
(a) means activities that are carried out using a firearm or an airgun for the purpose of shooting at inanimate targets (whether...