Asked why he had not offered to stand aside while the criminal investigation was under way,Mr Elliott said:"Because it was an administrative breach which occurred two years ago,which will now have to be investigated by Corrections."
Under questioning,Mr Elliott said he believed he was a"victim of a mistake of fact"and he had acted in"good faith under the instruction of the range master".
"If I have been found to have done something wrong,illegal,malicious ... then I've got to answer for that,"Mr Elliott said.
"At the moment I'm more concerned about the fact that we have,potentially,a Corrections firing range that has not been complying with the law.
"I'm concerned there could be up to 200 people - very prominent people over the course of two commissioners - who,like me,may have been victims of a mistake of fact and undertaken an activity they shouldn't have undertaken."
Secretary of the Department of Communities and Justice Michael Coutts-Trotter confirmed Corrective Services had issued Mr Elliott an apology.