Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Except as provided
in section 10, a person who, without a lawful excuse, carries or
possesses a controlled weapon commits an offence.
Penalty: $4 000 or imprisonment for one year.
(2) Except as provided
in section 10, a person who has a lawful excuse to carry or possess a
controlled weapon commits an offence if the person carries or possesses it in
a manner that could reasonably be expected to cause someone —
(a) to
be injured or disabled; or
(b) to
fear that someone will be injured or disabled.
Penalty: $4 000 or imprisonment for one year.
(3) In this section a
lawful excuse to carry or possess a controlled weapon does not include the
excuse that the weapon is carried or possessed for defence.
(4)
Subsection (3) does not apply to a controlled weapon of a kind prescribed
for the purposes of this subsection as long as it is carried or possessed in
such circumstances, if any, as the regulations may prescribe.
(5) Regulations under
subsection (4) may apply generally or to a particular person or class of
persons.