Weapons Regulations 1999 (WA)

Western Australia

Weapons Act 1999

Western Australia

Weapons Act 1999

Weapons Regulations 1999

These regulations may be cited as the Weapons Regulations 1999 1.

These regulations come into operation on the day fixed by proclamation under section 2(1) of the Act 1.

In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —

approved electric shock case means a briefcase or suitcase of the kind described in regulation 6(1);

baton means a short stick or rod —

• (a)

  made of any material; and

• (b)

  made or modified to be used to injure or disable a person or as a martial arts weapon,

and includes a bludgeon, club, cudgel, truncheon or the article commonly known as the police nightstick;

capsicum spray weapon means a spray weapon made or modified to be used to discharge oleoresin capsicum;

catapult includes a ging, shanghai or slingshot;

discharge includes to propel;

injure or disable does not include administer, in good faith and with reasonable care and skill, surgical or medical treatment;

martial arts weapon means an article made or modified to be used for attack or defence in the practice of a martial sport, art or similar discipline;

missile includes an arrow, bolt, bullet, dart, knife, shot, spear or any other article made or modified to be discharged from another article so as to injure or disable a person or in the practice of a martial sport, art or similar discipline;

spray weapon means an article made or modified to be used to discharge a substance in the form of a spray so as to injure or disable a person and includes the substance.

[Regulation 3 amended: SL 2024/267 r. 4; SL 2024/282 r. 6.]

An article described in the third column of Schedule 1 is prescribed to be a prohibited weapon.

An article described in the third column of Schedule 2 is prescribed to be a controlled weapon.

For the purposes of the definition of edged weapon in section 3A of the Act, an article described in Schedule 3 is an edged weapon.

[Regulation 5A inserted: SL 2024/282 r. 7.]

• (1A)

  A briefcase or suitcase of the kind described in subregulation (1) is prescribed for the purposes of section 5A(2) of the Act.

• (1)

  A briefcase or suitcase that —

  • (a)

    is made or modified to discharge an electric current so as to deter the theft of the case; and

  • (b)

    is, or is of a standard or type that is, approved by the Minister, for the purposes of this regulation, by notice in the Gazette.

• (2)

  For the purposes of section 5A(2) of the Act, a person may carry or possess an approved…