I have he self assessment in front of me and it is a tick box exercise.
Whilst it is a self assessment process I want to be very careful that our club meets all the requirements, not least for insurance purposes should there ever be a problem.
My issue is that we are asked to tick to say the range complies with all the Rules of Shooting. Some of these however are easier to obey in the spirit than in the letter of the rule.
For example
Rule 302d ii ".....the whole of the range as far as the overshoot area line and the side safety areas should be roped off........"
So if we have an impenetrable Hawthorne hedge (say) as a field boundary but don't rope off that side, we should tick the box "Does not comply -if your range does not comply at all" as we can't say it complies with the letter of the rule, and we have no dispensation?
I guess to be sure we ought to pay for an assessor visit. Is there an assessor out there who would be prepared to respond to this query?
I would like to return the form with comments however it seems you are asked to only do it online.
We really ought to be sharing our knowledge of the process.
Whilst it is a self assessment process I want to be very careful that our club meets all the requirements, not least for insurance purposes should there ever be a problem.
My issue is that we are asked to tick to say the range complies with all the Rules of Shooting. Some of these however are easier to obey in the spirit than in the letter of the rule.
For example
Rule 302d ii ".....the whole of the range as far as the overshoot area line and the side safety areas should be roped off........"
So if we have an impenetrable Hawthorne hedge (say) as a field boundary but don't rope off that side, we should tick the box "Does not comply -if your range does not comply at all" as we can't say it complies with the letter of the rule, and we have no dispensation?
I guess to be sure we ought to pay for an assessor visit. Is there an assessor out there who would be prepared to respond to this query?
I would like to return the form with comments however it seems you are asked to only do it online.
We really ought to be sharing our knowledge of the process.