MAINTAIN DEDICATED HUNTER AND/OR SPORTS-PERSON STATUS
SHORT VERSION
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Two Steps to annually maintain dedicated hunter and/or dedicated sports-person status
STEP 1: ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP
You must ascertain that your membership is paid-up to at least, or past, 30 November of the reporting year.
Irrespective of you holding dedicated hunter status or dedicated sports-person status or both, your membership fee remains the normal single annual fee for the age group you fall under (paid once per annum) - see fees structure HERE
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STEP 2: DEDICATED HUNTER STATUS
LOG RELEVANT ACTIVITIES
At Natshoot we accept any hunting related activity of our members in which they might participate anywhere in the world, entered with any documentation confirming that you participated in that specific activity on that day.
Log at least two hunting related activities on two separate days between 1 December of the previous year and 30 November of the reporting year.
Activities, which may be logged to maintain dedicated hunter status, are understood to be activities, which are; (a) strictly legal (b) clearly firearm-related (c) clearly hunting related.
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STEP 2: DEDICATED SPORTS-PERSON STATUS
LOG RELEVANT ACTIVITIES
At Natshoot we accept any sport shooting related activity of our members in which they might participate anywhere in the world, entered with any documentation confirming that you participated in that specific activity on that day.
Log at least two sport shooting related activities on two separate days between 1 December of the previous year and 30 November of the reporting year.
Activities, which may be logged to maintain dedicated sports-person status, are understood to be activities, which are; (a) strictly legal (b) clearly firearm-related (c) clearly sport shooting related.
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WHAT HAPPENS IF I DO NOT ANNUALLY COMPLY WITH THE RULES TO MAINTAIN DEDICATED STATUS
1. Regulation 4(1)(c) of the FCA requires accredited associations to have a system in place by way of which they can regularly and appropriately be informed of their dedicated members' dedicated activities in a specific year (hunters and/or sport-persons).
2. At Natshoot these activities to be reported are the two annual activities to maintain dedicated hunter status, of which accepted activities are described under 2.1 above or the two annual activities required to maintain dedicated sports-person status, of which accepted activities are described under 2.2 above.
3. A Non-Active report for a specific year submitted before 30 November of that year, has the effect that a dedicated member will be regarded as having complied with the requirements to maintain dedicated status for a specifc year, subject to the provisons as described under 2.3 above.
4. As from 1 January 2020 Natshoot will keep a dedicated member's dedicated status in place for two years if that member for two consecutive years does not comply with the requirements to either report adequate activities per annum or is not paid-up on 30 November of the reporting year (provided the member has an arrangement with Natshoot why s/he was unable to pay annual membership fees). A dedicated member must also report the required number of annual dedicated activities before the annual cut-off reporting date of 30 November.
5. A dedicated member's dedicated status will automatically be suspended on 1 January of the year following the third consecutive year of non-compliance.
6. A member who has lost his/her dedicated status as per paragraphs 4.5 will have to redo the dedicated status course to again acquire dedicated status with Natshoot - be that dedicated hunter and/or dedicated sports-person status.
7. Members who lose dedicated status in the manner described above will be notified by Email of this situation during January of the year following the suspension of his/her dedicated status with Natshoot.
8. No RPL recognition of such a member holding dedicated hunter or sports-person status with another accredited association will be considered to re-award dedicated status with Natshoot if the member has lost his/her dedicated status with Natshoot in the manner described above (4 & 5).