Circumstances prescribed (Act s. 10(3))
8 Circumstances prescribed (Act s. 10(3))
For the purposes of section 10(3), prescribed circumstances are the carrying or possession of an extendable baton by a person who is the holder of a security officer’s licence issued for the purpose of section 16 of the Security and Related Activities (Control) Act 1996 if —
the person is engaged in activities authorised by his or her licence; and
the person’s licence is endorsed under section 26(3) of the Security and Related Activities (Control) Act 1996 to permit the person to be in possession of a baton while engaged in activities authorised by the licence; and
the baton is of a type approved by the Commissioner of Police by order published in the Gazette under section 26(2)(b) of the Security and Related Activities (Control) Act 1996.
For the purposes of section 10(3), prescribed circumstances are the carrying or possession of an extendable baton by a person who —
is the provider of a training course, under the Security and Related Activities (Control) Act 1996, conducting an approved training course in baton use —
as required by the holder of a security officer’s licence to obtain an endorsement under section 26 of that Act; or
for a person undergoing a training course in baton use under that Act for the purposes of having or keeping a security officer’s licence with an endorsement under section 26 of that Act;
or
supplies the provider of an approved training course in baton use, under the Security and Related Activities (Control) Act 1996, with weapons for that course, while so providing or storing the weapons,
if the baton is of a type approved by the Commissioner of Police by order published in the Gazette under section 26(2)(b) of the Security and Related Activities (Control) Act 1996.
For the purposes of section 10(3), prescribed circumstances are the carrying or possession of an extendable baton by a person who is undergoing an approved training course in baton use under the Security and Related Activities (Control) Act 1996, where the person —
is the holder of a security officer’s licence but is seeking an endorsement under section 26 of that Act; or
is undergoing that course for the purposes of having or keeping a security officer’s licence with an endorsement under section 26 of that Act,
if the baton is of a type approved by the Commissioner of Police by order published in the Gazette under section 26(2)(b) of the Security and Related Activities (Control) Act 1996.
In this regulation —
extendable baton means a baton referred to in Schedule 1 item 10.
[Regulation 8 inserted: Gazette 29 Feb 2000 p. 997‑8; amended: Gazette 9 Jun 2000 p. 2774; 12 Sep 2006 p. 3665‑6.]
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