Singapore legislation

Regulation 43

of Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (Shooting and Paintball Ranges) Regulations 2025

Regulation 43

Surveillance requirements

Subregulation 1

For the purposes of section 36(1)(b)(i) of the Act, a licensed shooting range operator must apply the surveillance requirement to every watched zone specified in paragraph (2).

Subregulation 2

The watched zones for the purpose of paragraph (1) are the following parts of each approved shooting range under the licensed shooting range operator’s charge and control:

(a)

every part of the approved shooting range that is —

(i)

a firearm shooting arena or an airgun shooting arena;

(ii)

a point of issuance of a firearm or airgun to an individual;

(iii)

an area not within any of the arenas mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i) but where an individual to whom possession of a firearm or an airgun is or may be transferred has to travel between the point of issuance of the firearm or airgun and that area; or

(iv)

an area where a visitor to the approved shooting range may use to pass through the premises and is not expected to be seated or congregate in, but not a toilet or bathing area;

(b)

every entrance to, and exit (including an emergency exit) from, the part of those premises mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a);

(c)

where the approved shooting range comprises a firearm shooting arena, and the approved shooting range is located within any grounds or a building located within grounds —

(i)

every gate and outer wall, fence or other structure or feature that marks the boundary of those grounds; and

(ii)

every entrance to, and exit (including an emergency exit) from, those grounds by foot or by road.

Subregulation 3

To avoid doubt, this regulation —

(a)

does not apply to a surveillance requirement to any toilet or bathing area within an approved shooting range; and

(b)

does not affect the application of Parts 3 and 9 of the Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (Guns) Regulations 2025 to a licensed range operator who is a gun licensee.

Regulation 43 — Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (Shooting and Paintball Ranges) Regulations 2025