EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM ACT 2006 - SECT 5.8A.1 Definitions

EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM ACT 2006 - SECT 5.8A.1

In this Part—

"authorised teacher" means a teacher who is authorised under section 5.8A.6;

"harmful item" means—

        (a)     any prohibited item;

        (b)     any item which has been brought onto or kept on any Government school premises in contravention of a declaration of the principal of the school under section 5.8A.2;

        (c)     if—

              (i)     a person is conducting a search under section 5.8A.3, any item which that person reasonably suspects is being used or is likely to be used in a threatening, violent or harmful manner;

              (ii)     a person is seizing an item under section 5.8A.4, any item which that person reasonably suspects is being used or is likely to be used in a threatening, violent or harmful manner;

"possession" has the same meaning as in the Control of Weapons Act 1990 ;

"prohibited item" means any of the following—

        (a)     a firearm, within the meaning of the Firearms Act 1996 ;

        (b)     a controlled weapon, within the meaning of the Control of Weapons Act 1990 ;

        (c)     a prohibited weapon, within the meaning of the Control of Weapons Act 1990 ;

"teacher "has the same meaning as in section 2.4.1.

S. 5.8A.2 inserted by No. 11/2011 s. 3.