The club may end a probationer s membership at any time. The National Associations are able to give advice on safety training courses for probationary members. Although there is provision for the probationary period to be waived in certain cases, the individual concerned has no right to insist that it be waived. It is for the club to decide whether or not the probationary period should be waived for specific persons. The Secretary of State may, in exceptional circumstances, such as in a university club at the beginning of the academic year, allow a club to have more probationary members than full members.
Clubs can have non-shooting categories of membership such as associate, family, social or honorary.
The approval will only cover target shooting with the type or types of firearm listed in the approval. The decision about which categories will be listed in the approval will mainly depend on whether suitable ranges are available. It is possible that, exceptionally, the Home Secretary or Secretary of State for Scotland may allow some variation of the criteria, or the conditions of approval. He must be satisfied that it would be reasonable to do so in the exceptional circumstances which come to his notice. No fee is payable for such applications.