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18 For the purposes of paragraph 7(4)(a) of the Act, the following are the criteria relating to the safe handling and use of firearms and the laws relating to firearms:

• (a) knowledge of

  • (i) the principles relating to the safe storage, display, handling, transportation and use of firearms that is equivalent to the knowledge of those principles that is required for the purposes of the Canadian Firearms Safety Course,

  • (ii) in the case of certification for the purpose of a licence authorizing an individual to possess restricted firearms, the principles relating to the safe storage, display, handling, transportation and use of restricted firearms that is equivalent to the knowledge of those principles that is required for the purposes of a restricted firearms safety course referred to in paragraph 7(2)(a) of the Act, and

• (b) basic knowledge of the Acts of Parliament and of the legislature of the province in which the application is or will be made, and of the regulations made under those Acts, that relate to the use of firearms for hunting or sporting purposes and to the storage, display, handling and transportation of firearms by individuals.

22 The following purposes are prescribed for the purposes of subsection 11(2) of the Act:

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• (j) in respect of prohibited handguns, handgun barrels within the meaning of paragraph (b) of the definition prohibited device in subsection 84(1) of the Criminal Code or magazine cartridges under section 3 of Part 4 of the Schedule to the Regulations Prescribing Certain Firearms and Other Weapons, Accessories, Cartridge Magazines, Ammunition and Projectiles as Prohibited or Restricted, the use by businesses whose principal activity is the handling, transportation or protection of cash, negotiable instruments or other goods of substantial value and whose employees require prohibited handguns to protect their lives in the course of that activity;

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