Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A person commits a
crime if the person, without lawful excuse, carries or possesses a firearm or
a weapon —
(a) at a
custodial place referred to in subsection (2); or
(b) in a
vehicle used for moving people for whom the CEO is responsible under
section 16.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years.
Summary conviction penalty: imprisonment for
2 years or a fine of $8 000.
(2)
Subsection (1)(a) applies to the following custodial places —
(a) a
court custody centre;
(b) any
other part of court premises;
(c) a
lock-up;
(d) a
hospital or other place that is outside a prison or detention centre and
attended by a person in custody for medical treatment;
(e) a
place to which a prisoner has been removed under section 28 of the
Prisons Act 1981 ;
(f) a
place attended by a prisoner under section 83 of the Prisons
Act 1981 ;
(g) a
place attended by a detainee under section 188(4) of the Young Offenders
Act 1994 .
[(3) deleted]
(4) In this
section —
firearm has the meaning that it has in the
Firearms Act 1973 ;
weapon has the meaning that it has in the Weapons
Act 1999 .
[Section 90 amended by No. 4 of 2004
s. 58.]