Western Australian Current Regulations

WEAPONS REGULATIONS 1999 - REG 3

3 .         Terms used

                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.]