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Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003
121Carrying weapons through a screening point
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#### 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.