Parkstone
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Application Guidelines
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5 GUEST PAGE
To operate satisfactorily as a gun club we need to have Home Office registration, and comply with the relevant firearms laws. This imposes restrictions on the procedures we must adopt before accepting new members. The application form requires that you supply a reference, and that you sign a declaration; explanations for which are given below.
Under Home Office criteria all applicants, unless Firearm Certificate holders, must serve a minimum probationary period of three months prior to acceptance as a Full Member, and must receive a period of instruction in firearms safety. Until such time as their initial application is accepted access to firearms and ammunition is prohibited by law; however air-guns are exempt from this legislation, and in the brief period their applications are being processed, applicants are encouraged to practice with these. FAC holders are exempt from the above restrictions, but must serve a probationary period at the discretion of the Club's committee. Applicants under the age of eighteen should also read the Juniors page
REFERENCES DECLARATION
Section 21
It is a criminal offence for someone who is prohibited under section 21 of the 1968 Firearms (Amendment) Act to have a firearm in his possession at any time. Section 21 applies to anyone who has been sentenced to imprisonment, or detention in a young offender institution for three months or more. The period for which they are prohibited is five years for sentences of three months to three years, and life prohibition if the sentence is over three years.
Data Protection Act
To avoid the costs of registering under the Data Protection Act it is necessary to have your consent to hold, process, and disclose details relevant to your application and membership. The information held is purely that relevant to your Membership, and disclosure of such information is normally restricted to the Club’s committee. There are certain exceptions to this:
Ø To generate membership lists for subscriptions and attendances, and to record payments and attendances
Ø To supply details of ability, either by class or average, to third party league and competition organizers
Ø To supply information covered in the statutory and rule of law definitions in the Data Protection Act, which are exempt from the non-disclosure rules. Currently these only apply to our obligation to notify Membership and attendance figures to the Police Authority.
You are entitled at any time to request details of any personal data held by the Club. A nominal fee may be payable for such a request.
The Secretary is the Club's representative under the Act
FEES
The application fee is £25.00 (juniors under eighteen £12.50) to cover the six months probationary period of membership, and all administration costs. Upon acceptance as a Full Member the applicant will be asked to pay the balance of the year’s subscription at a pro rata rate. If payment is made at the range ask the Range Officer to complete the final section of the form.
IDENTIFICATION
Some form of identification will be required to submit the application, driving licence, passport, or similar.
SUBMISSION
For security reasons we are not prepared to list addresses on this site, so you will need to submit the application form at the range, in person, (see Location) between 8.00-10.00pm on Mondays or Fridays.
The application form is in pdf format. If you do not have this software you can download it free from the Adobe site
Last updated 25-11-2006