(1) Where the appropriate authority is satisfied that a person, who applies under section 4 for a firearm user licence, an estate gun licence, a sporting firearm licence or a firearm user (employee) sub-licence, is fit to possess a firearm, the appropriate authority may on payment of fee by the applicant grant a provisional licence in the form prescribed.
(2) A provisional licence shall be valid for 6 months and shall be subject to the conditions set out in the provisional licence.
(3) The holder of a provisional licence is not authorised by the provisional licence to possess, purchase or acquire a firearm.
(4) A provisional licence entitles a person only to use a firearm on a shooting range under the supervision of a designated institution.