Weapons Act 1999 (WA)

Western Australia Weapons Act 1999 Western Australia Weapons Act 1999 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Short title 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Terms used 1 3A. Meaning of edged weapon 1 4. Relationship to other laws 1 5. Crown bound 1 Part 2 — Offences 5A. Lawful excuse 1 6. Prohibited weapons 1 6A. Edged weapons 1 6B. Selling or supplying edged weapons to children 1 7. Controlled weapons 1 8A. Selling or supplying controlled weapons to children 1 8. Other articles carried or possessed as weapons 1 9. The Criminal Code s. 25 and 31 not affected 1 10. Exceptions 1 11. Proof of exceptions or lawful excuses 1 Part 3 — Enforcement 12. Interpretation 1 13. Search and seizure without a warrant 1 14. Search and seizure with a warrant 1 15. Retaining something seized but not forfeited 1 16. Forfeiture and delivery of a weapon on conviction 1 17. Forfeiture and delivery of a weapon other than on conviction 1 18. Disposal of a forfeited weapon 1 19. Commissioner may delegate a function 1 Part 4 — Miscellaneous 20. Regulations 1 Notes Compilation table 1 Uncommenced provisions table 1 Other notes 1 Defined terms Western Australia Weapons Act 1999 An Act to prohibit the bringing or sending into the State, carriage, possession, purchase, sale, supply and manufacture of certain weapons, to control the carriage and possession of other weapons, to amend — • the Firearms Act 1973 1; and • the Police Act 1892 1, and for related purposes.

Part 1 — Preliminary

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Weapons Act 1999.

2. Commencement (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act comes into operation on such day as is fixed by proclamation. (2) Sections 6, 7 and 8 and item 2 of Schedule 1 come into operation on the day 6 months after the day fixed under subsection (1).

3. Terms used In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears — article includes a liquid or gas; carry includes to have on or about one's person; child means a person who is under 18 years of age; controlled weapon means — (a) an article prescribed by regulations to be a controlled weapon; or (b) any other article, not being a firearm, a prohibited weapon or an edged weapon, made or modified to be used — (i) to injure or disable a person; (ii) to cause a person to fear that someone will be injured or disabled by that use; or (iii) for attack or defence in the practice of a martial sport, art or similar discipline; conveyance means anything used or capable of being used to transport people or goods by air, land or water and it does not matter how it is propelled or that it may ordinarily be stationary; defence means self‑defence, defence of another or defence of property; edged weapon has the meaning given in section 3A; firearm has the same meaning as in section 4 of the Firearms Act 1973; possess includes to have control or dominion over and to have the order or disposition of; prohibited weapon means an article prescribed by regulations to be a prohibited weapon; weapon means a prohibited weapon, an edged weapon, a controlled weapon or an article to which section 8 applies. [Section 3 amended: No. 33 of 2024 s. 11.]