Passengers are not permitted to carry the following articles into security restricted areas and on board an aircraft:

a) Guns, firearms and other devices that discharge projectiles – devices capable, or appearing capable, of being used to cause serious injury by discharging a projectile, including:

–   firearms of all types,  such as pistols,  revolvers, rifles, shotguns;

–   toy guns, replicas and imitation firearms capable of being mistaken for real weapons; component parts of firearms, excluding telescopic sights;

–   compressed air and CO2 guns,  such as pistols, pellet guns, rifles and ball bearing guns, signal flare pistols and starter pistols;

–   bows, cross bows, arrows, harpoon guns, spear guns, slingshots and catapults.

b) Stunning devices – devices designed specifically to stun or immobilize, including:

–   devices for shocking, such as stung guns, tasers and stun batons, animal stunners and animal killers

–   disabling and incapacitating chemicals, gases and sprays, such as “mace”, pepper sprays, capsicum sprays, tear gas, acid sprays and animal repellent sprays.

c) Objects with a sharp point or sharp edge – objects with a sharp point or sharp edge capable of being used to cause serious injury, including:

–   items designed for chopping, such as axes, hatches and cleavers

–  knives with blades of more than 6 cm

–   razor blades, box cutters

–   scissors with blades of more than 6 cm as measured from the fulcrum

–   martial arts equipment with a sharp point or sharp edge

–  swords and sabers

d) Workmen’s tools – tools capable of being used either to cause serious injury or to threaten the safety of aircraft, including:

–   drills and drill bits, including cordless portable power drills

–   tools with a blade or a shaft of more than 6 cm capable of use as a weapon, such as screwdrivers and chisels

–   saws, including cordless portable power saws

–   blowtorches, bolt guns and nail guns

–   crowbars

e) Blunt instruments – objects capable of being used to cause serious injury when used to hit, including:

–   baseball and softball bats

–   clubs and batons, such as billy clubs, blackjacks and night sticks

–   martial arts equipment

f) Explosives and incendiary substances and devices – explosives and incendiary substances and devices capable, or appearing capable, of being used to cause serious injury or to pose a threat to the safety of aircraft, including:

–   ammunition, blasting caps, detonators and fuses

–   replica or imitation explosive devices

–   mines, grenades and other explosive military stores

–   fireworks and other pyrotechnics

– smoke-generating canisters and smoke-generating cartridges

– dynamite, gunpowder and plastic explosives

The list is not full. It identifies categories of objects with examples. The final decision in some cases is in verifier rights.