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Old 19-04-2017, 07:16 AM
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So I now have a laser pointer, 532nm < 1mW. Even at this "low" power it's ability to point out a star is most impressive. Although it was a warm night with some humidity last night, so it will be intereresting to see how well it performs on a cold clear winter's night.

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Originally Posted by Menno View Post
The following NSW Police webpage and the link referred to in the 3rd last paragraph may shed some light on the use and licencing requirements for green laser pointer in NSW....
http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/service...laser_pointers
That NSW police info says just having any laser in your custody is an offence in NSW unless you have a good reason.

The ASSA Guidelines for Lasers quotes from SA legislation. Reading that literally suggests the legislation ignores lasers <1mW (see "Clause 10A of Schedule 2" on last page). This implies simple possession of a laser <1mW by anyone is not an offence in SA.

So is this a point of difference between the law in NSW vs SA?

(armchair lawyers may respond here )
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