Summary Offences Act 1953

The

Commissioner may, by notice in the Gazette, declare a specified area to be a declared shopping precinct for the purposes of this Division.

Before making a declaration under this section, the Commissioner must—

be satisfied that the exercise of powers under section 66ZB is necessary or appropriate for the purposes of deterring or detecting the commission of offences involving the possession or use of a knife or other weapons in the shopping precinct; and

be satisfied that the exercise of powers under section 66ZB—

is likely to be effective in deterring or detecting the commission of offences involving the possession or use of a knife or other weapons in the shopping precinct; and

will not unduly affect lawful activity in the shopping precinct; and

in the case of a shopping precinct that has previously been the subject of a declaration under this section—have regard to whether searches carried out under section 66ZB pursuant to the declaration identified persons carrying knives or other weapons.

A declaration under this section—

must specify the area that comprises the declared shopping precinct (which may, to avoid doubt, include specified premises); and

may be subject to conditions specified in the notice; and

must comply with any other requirements set out in the regulations; and

remains in force until revoked under this section.

The

Commissioner may, by subsequent notice in the Gazette, vary or revoke a declaration made under subsection (1) (and must revoke a declaration if the Commissioner is no longer satisfied of the matters referred to in subsection (2)).

The

Commissioner must cause a copy of any declaration, variation or revocation under this section to be published on the Commissioner's website.