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Pocket knives in Australia
Can a visitor bring a pocket knife?
Any restrictions regarding length or how the knife is made? For example a 3" long blade ok. Are serrations ok? Are liner locks as well as lock backs ok? Thanks. |
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Pocket knives in Australia
Hello
There are laws against carrying knives in NSW. I have no idea about other states. Following is something I found on the internet which may help: NSW Knife Laws Some Details The following information is provided so that you are up to date on the law and discussions about it. It is not legal advice, company policy or opinion. In a letter from the Attorney General's Department dated 28 Jan 1999 Quoting from the letter The Summary Offences Amendment Act 1997 increased the maximum penalty for the offence of having custody of an offensive implement in a public place, including a school, to imprisonment for two years or a $5,500 fine. The Act introduced two knife related offences. The first offence relates to the wielding of a knife in the presence of another person in a public place or a school. The second offence, which came into effect on 1 May 1998, relates to a prohibition on the sale of a knife or knife blade of the kind prescribed in the regulations, to a child under the age of 16 years. The Government has also introduced the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Police and Public Safety) Act 1998 to further amend the Summary Offences Act 1998 to make it an offence for a person to have custody of a knife in a public place or a school without a reasonable excuse and to give police officers powers for public protection in public places and schools. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a letter from Ian McManus Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Police dated 5 Mar 1999 Quoting from the letter The Act specifies a number of reasonable excuses for having custody of a knife. This does not limit any other reasonable excuse that a person might have although self defence or defence of another person is not a reasonable excuse for having custody of a knife. Under the Act it is a reasonable excuse for a person to have custody of a knife, if the custody is reasonably necessary in all circumstances for any of the following:- a.. lawful pursuit of the person's occupation b.. preparation or consumption of food or drink c.. participation in a lawful entertainment, recreation or sport d.. exhibition of knives for retail or other trade purposes e.. organised exhibition by knife collectors f.. wearing of an official uniform g.. genuine religious purposes or during travel to or from or incidental to any of these activities "Papertargets" wrote in message ... Can a visitor bring a pocket knife? Any restrictions regarding length or how the knife is made? For example a 3" long blade ok. Are serrations ok? Are liner locks as well as lock backs ok? Thanks. |
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