Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00454:section:121
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00454
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 121
Character Range: 224381–225407

121  Carrying weapons through a screening point

Strict liability
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person passes through a screening point; and
 (b) the person has a weapon in his or her possession when he or she passes through the screening point; and
 (c) the person is not:
 (i) a law enforcement officer; or
 (ii) authorised by the regulations, or permitted in writing by the Secretary, to pass through the screening point with the weapon in his or her possession.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.
 (2) Subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.

General
 (3) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person passes through a screening point; and
 (b) the person has a weapon in his or her possession when he or she passes through the screening point; and
 (c) the person is not:
 (i) a law enforcement officer; or
 (ii) authorised by the regulations, or permitted in writing by the Secretary, to pass through the screening point with the weapon in his or her possession.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years.