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Responsible person for the operation of civilian shooting ranges
The responsible person of the legal entity and the entrepreneur and the individuals employed by them who directly handle firearms and ammunition must meet the following conditions in addition to the general conditions established by the regulations governing employment relationships: being a citizen of the Republic of Slovenia, being at least 18 years of age, no public order concerns, being reliable, passing a medical examination for carrying weapons and a test of competence in handling weapons.
Conditions
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The responsible person of the legal entity and the entrepreneur and individuals employed by them who directly handle firearms and ammunition must be at least 18 years old.
Legal basis
Competent Authority
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Persons who perform individual work with firearms for a legal entity or entrepreneur must have no public order concerns.
Public order concerns exist if the individual is convicted by a final judgement of committing a premeditated criminal act involving violence that is prosecuted ex officio, or for committing a criminal act of trafficking in human beings or unlawful manufacture and trade in narcotic drugs, illicit substances in sport and precursors to manufacture narcotic drugs.
Legal basis
Competent Authority
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The individual undergoes a medical examination at a health institution or with a private physician who is authorised to issue a certificate on the fulfilment of the medical conditions for possessing or carrying a firearm. The medical institution or the private physician send the medical certificate to the administrative unit and the personal physician.
An individual who disagrees with the medical certificate may request to be re-examined before a special medical commission. The opinion of this commission is final.
The medical certificate is valid for one year. The costs of the medical examination are paid by the individual.
The medical conditions that an individual must meet in order to possess or carry a firearm are determined by the Rules concerning medical examinations establishing the health requirements of an individual carrying or possessing firearms.
Legal basis
- Weapons Act (ZOro-1)
- Rules concerning medical examinations establishing health requirements of an individual carrying orpossessing fire-arms
Administrator of Legislation
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The responsible person of the trader and the individuals employed by it who perform direct work in connection with trade in and transport of firearms and ammunition must, in addition to the general conditions set by the regulations governing employment relationships, be citizens of the Republic of Slovenia.
Legal basis
Administrator of Legislation
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Knowledge of handling firearms is proven by a certificate of a passed test. The minister in charge of internal affairs determines the training providers. The training programme on handling firearms and the method and procedure of a test of firearms handling knowledge are determined by the Rules on training and firearms handling examinations.
The costs of the test are paid by the individual.
It is considered that an individual has passed a test of firearms handling knowledge if they have passed a test in accordance with the regulations governing the carrying of firearms in state bodies, if they are a hunting trainee who is a member of a hunting club and submits a certificate of a passed test of firearms handling knowledge in accordance with the regulations governing hunting, if they have passed the hunting test or if they are a security guard who has passed a test of firearms handling knowledge in accordance with the regulations governing private security and on the mandatory organisation of a security service.
Evidence
Certificate of passed test
Legal basis
Administrator of Legislation