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Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003
122Weapons on board certain ships—strict liability
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#### 122 Weapons on board certain ships—strict liability
(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person is on board a regulated Australian ship; and
(b) the person:
(i) carries a weapon; or
(ii) otherwise has in his or her possession a weapon that is located at a place that is accessible to the person; and
(c) the person is not a law enforcement officer; and
(d) the carriage or possession of the weapon is not authorised by the regulations or permitted in writing by the Secretary; and
(e) the weapon is not under the control of the master of the ship.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.