Singapore legislation

Regulation 24

of Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (School Use — Class Licence) Order 2025

Regulation 24

Conditions of student airgun users’ class licence

A student who is a class licensee by virtue of paragraph 23 may acquire, possess and use an airgun supplied to him or her by an operator of a school mentioned in paragraph 23(1)(c) subject to all the following conditions:

(a)

the class licensee possesses (without using) the airgun only when he or she is within an appropriately managed shooting range of the school;

(b)

the class licensee uses the airgun only —

(i)

within an airgun shooting arena at the approved shooting range;

(ii)

for an acceptable purpose mentioned in paragraph 19(3)(a); and

(iii)

while under the supervision, and in accordance with the instructions, of —

(A)

an airgun coach employed or directly engaged by the operator of the school; or

(B)

a teacher of the school who is charged for the time being by the operator with oversight of the co‑curricular activity program which involves target practice by students at a school using an airgun;

(c)

the class licensee does not alter or tamper with the airgun if altering or tampering with it may endanger the safety of any individual (including the class licensee) or any property when the class licensee is using the airgun;

(d)

after the airgun is so supplied to him or her, the class licensee —

(i)

does not abandon the airgun;

(ii)

takes reasonable precautions to ensure that the airgun is not lost or stolen, and is not accessible or transferred to anyone else who is not authorised by or under the Act to possess the airgun; and

(iii)

takes all reasonable steps necessary to protect other people from alarm relating to the class licensee’s use and possession of the airgun for any acceptable purpose mentioned in paragraph 19(3)(a).