(1) . . . . . . . .(2) A person must not discharge a firearm within 250 metres of a dwelling house except (a) on an approved range; or(b) with the consent of the occupier of the dwelling house.Penalty: Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or both.(3) However, subsection (2) does not apply to a police officer or animal welfare officer who, acting responsibly in the course of his or her employment, discharges a tranquiliser gun or other firearm within 250 metres of a dwelling house in order to (a) avert or control a threat to life or property posed by a dangerous, injured, diseased or potentially diseased animal; or(b) end the suffering of an injured or diseased animal.(4) In this section animal welfare officer means a person referred to in any paragraph of section 42 .