GUIDELINES
The Code presents guidelines for appropriate compliance with the law in terms of stipulations of the Firearms Control Act (Act 60 of 2000 as amended), relevant nature conservation regulations and local ordinances that might have relevance on the participation in the Hunt and in the Sport shooting by Natshoot (NHSA) members.
CATEGORY 1 TRANSGRESSION
(Action: immediate expulsion from the NHSA– without warning. No pro-rata refund of membership fees with immediate notification to SAPS (CFR) of the action taken against the member)
Deliberate or accidentally committing an act with a firearm in gross disregard of the NHSA safety code, and in a manner which could have hurt or killed a person or domesticated animal.
Conviction in a court of law of any criminal offense involving an element of violence
Conviction in a court of law of contravention of the Firearms Control Act (Act 60 of 2000 as amended), and which results in the withdrawal of a firearms license.
Deliberate disregard of any Provincial hunting and wildlife regulations, which pertain to the Hunt or in respect of the conservation of wildlife.
Proven falsification of any NHSA documentation, or attempts to deface NHSA documentation with unauthorized alterations, or rendering of false declarations to obtain membership of NHSA or of dedicated status under auspices of NHSA;
Proven fraudulent act regarding any activity conducted so as to claim membership of, or dedicated status with, or to maintain dedicated status with NHSA;
Repetition of a Category 2 transgression within 18 months of the original ruling by the Executive Council.
CATEGORY 2 TRANSGRESSIONS
(Action: compulsory temporary suspension for 6 months with a single final warning)
Wilful and large-scale transgression of any of the stipulations of any clause of the codes of conduct of the NHSA.
Unintentional and unwitting transgression of any of the stipulations of national or provincial sets of regulations or ordinances with relevance to the Hunt or sport-shooting or the conservation of wildlife.
Omission of a member to report a co-member of committing a category 1 transgression to the Executive Council, or to take on the spot action to stop such transgression, or for not taking on the spot appropriate action to protect the lives of people or of domesticated animals
Action against landowners or land occupiers, members of the public, or co-members which brings the good name of the NHSA or of the Hunt and/or sport shooting into disrepute – or through omission which has the same effect.
CATEGORY 3 TRANSGRESSIONS
(Action: warning – discretionary action in accordance with the nature and intensity of circumstances)
Transgression of the stipulations of the codes of conduct of the NHSA.
Three independent charges laid against the same person by different landowners, land occupiers, or co-members.
Purposeful or unwitting actions, which bring the good name of the NHSA or of the Hunt or of sports-shooting as activity into disrepute.