Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) For paragraph (b) of the definition of weapon in section 9 of the Act, each thing of the kind described in column 2 of an item in table 1.09 is a weapon.
Note 1: Firearms of all kinds are already weapons--see the definition in section 9 of the Act.
Note 2: Subregulation (8) (after the table) excepts defibrillators (which are arguably covered by item 5 of the table) from the general definition in subregulation (1).
(2) Examples set out in an item of the table are not exhaustive of the things described in the item.
(3) To avoid doubt, nothing in this regulation implies that an article or thing not described in the table is permitted to be carried by air if its carriage would be prohibited by another law.
Note: See in particular section 23 of the Civil Aviation Act 1988 and Part 92 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 in relation to the carriage of dangerous goods.
(4) A replica or an imitation of a weapon is also a weapon.
(5) A thing that is both a prohibited item and a weapon is, for the purposes of these Regulations, a weapon.
(6) However, such a thing that is part of an aircraft's stores or emergency equipment, or of an airline operator's or airport operator's emergency equipment, is taken not to be a weapon if it is not readily accessible to passengers or the public generally.
Table 1.09 Weapons
Column 1 Item | Column 2 Description of things |
1 | Parts and ammunition for firearms Examples: Flares Gun powders Note: Firearms are defined as weapons in s 9 of the Act. |
2 | Sharp things designed to be used primarily to inflict injury or to be used in self - defence Examples: Daggers, flick - knives, star knives and Shuriken throwing irons and stars Harpoons Sabres, swords and swordsticks and similar things Spears |
Blunt things designed to inflict injury or to be used in self - defence Examples: Billy clubs and leather billies Blackjacks Martial arts equipment such as knuckle dusters, clubs, coshes, rice flails and numchucks, kubatons and kubasaunts Night sticks and batons | |
4 | Things capable (with or without modification) of discharging projectiles for the purpose of disabling or incapacitating a person or animal Examples: Ballistic knives and similar devices designed to discharge a projectile by means of an explosive or other propellant or mechanism Blow pipes Cross - bows Spear guns Hunting slings Catapults Slingshots Bows and arrows |
5 | Things designed to disable or incapacitate, or otherwise harm, a person or animal Examples: Stun guns Things capable of being used to administer an electric shock; for example, cattle prods and Tasers Note: See subregulation (8). Disabling and incapacitating chemicals, gases or sprays, such as Mace, pepper or capsicum spray, tear gas, acid sprays and animal - repellent sprays |
Explosive or incendiary devices and flammable materials not ordinarily found around the home Examples: Dynamite Explosives (plastic or otherwise) Blasting caps Blow - torches Detonators, fuses and detonator cord Explosive flares in any form Grenades Mines and other explosive military stores Smoke cartridges | |
7 | Biotoxins and infectious substances Examples: Preparations of anthrax spores |
8 | Chemical toxins Examples: Chemical warfare agents |
(7) To avoid doubt, a telescopic sight is not a weapon.
(8) Despite subregulation (1) and item 5 of the table, a defibrillator is taken not to be a weapon if it is required for medical purposes or is part of an aircraft's equipment.