Weapons Amendment Regulations 2000 (WA)

29 February 20001 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 997

PE301*

Weapons Act 1999

Weapons Amendment Regulations 2000

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.            Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Weapons Amendment
Regulations 2000.

2.            Commencement

These regulations come into operation on 1 March 2000.

3.            Regulation 8 inserted

After regulation 7 of the Weapons Regulations 1999* the following regulation is inserted —

and

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8.           Circumstances prescribed under section 10(3)

(1) For the purposes of section 10(3), prescribed
circumstances are the carrying or possession of an
extendable baton by a person who is the holder of a
security officer's licence issued for the purpose of
section 16 of the Security and Related Activities
(Control) Act 1999 if —

(a)	the person is engaged in activities authorized by his or her licence;
(b)

the person's licence is endorsed under Activities (Control) Act 1999 to permit the person to be in possession of a baton while engaged in activities authorized by the licence;

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(c) the baton is of a type approved by the

Commissioner of Police by order published in
the Gazette under section 26(2)(b) of the
Security and Related Activities (Control)

Act 1999.

(2) In subregulation (1) -

"extendable baton" means a baton referred to in

Schedule 1 item 10.

[* Published in Gazette 31 August 1999, pp. 4227-32.]

By Command of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.