Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A person, not
being an officer of a police force, must not act as an armed security
bodyguard except —
(a)
under and in accordance with a written authority given by the Commissioner
with the approval of the Minister; or
(b) as
authorised by or under a written law of the Commonwealth.
Penalty: a fine of $15 000.
(2) For the purposes
of subsection (1), a person is an armed security bodyguard if the person while
in actual possession of a firearm escorts another person as a guard or
protector, and whether or not he or she does so in any other capacity.
(3) An authority under
subsection (1)(a), may be given subject to any condition or restriction.
[Section 41 amended: No. 4 of 2008 s. 28 and
80(2).]