PROHIBITED WEAPONS ACT 1996 - SECT 6A Declarations about authorised possession and use of laser pointers

PROHIBITED WEAPONS ACT 1996 - SECT 6A

    (1)     The registrar may, in accordance with any guidelines under section 6B, declare that the possession or use of a laser pointer is authorised.

Note 1     A power to make a statutory instrument includes power to make different provision in relation to different matters or different classes of matters (see Legislation Act

, s 48.)

Note 2     A reference to an Act includes a reference to a provision of an Act (see Legislation Act

, s 7 (3)).

    (2)     A declaration may provide for the authorisation—

        (a)     to apply generally or in a particular case; or

        (b)     to be conditional.

    (3)     A declaration is a disallowable instrument.

Note     A disallowable instrument must be notified, and presented to the Legislative Assembly, under the Legislation Act

.

    (4)     In this section:

"laser pointer "means a prohibited weapon that is a hand-held article, commonly known as a laser pointer, designed or adapted to emit a laser beam with an accessible emission level of greater than 1mW.