Western Australian Numbered Acts

POLICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2024 (NO. 33 OF 2024) - SECT 12

12 .         Section 3A inserted

                After section 3 insert:

3A.         Meaning of edged weapon

        (1)         An edged weapon means the following —

            (a)         a knife, a machete, a sickle or a scythe;

            (b)         a blade of an article referred to in paragraph (a);

            (c)         an axe or an axe head;

            (d)         an article with a sharpened edge, that is reasonably capable of being held in 1 or both hands, and that is made or modified to be used —

                  (i)         to injure or disable a person; or

                  (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;

            (e)         an article prescribed by the regulations to be an edged weapon.

        (2)         Despite subsection (1), an edged weapon does not include the following —

            (a)         a firearm, an article prescribed by the regulations to be a controlled weapon or a prohibited weapon;

            (b)         a plastic or wooden knife designed to be used for eating;

            (c)         a knife with a rounded tip and dull edge;

            (d)         an article prescribed by the regulations not to be an edged weapon.