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Originally Posted by gd55
You are making a big mistake. Any laser above >1mW is classified as a prohibited weapon in all Australian states and territories. As you are importing them into Australia, you'll need a customs permit otherwise the authorities will come down on you like a ton of bricks. Don't risk it.
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I am not a lawyer. The comment below is my understanding from several years of following the laser debate.
You might right for hand held laser pointers in Victoria but it is not the same in NSW. There is an exemption list of astronomical associations, controlled by the NSW police, which covers association members when engaged in astronomy.
Unless they've changed the regulations recently:
- The restrictions only apply to hand held lasers. They do not apply to lasers which are attached to a device such as a telescope.
- Assembled hand held laser pointers require a prohibited weapons import permit. Importing a bare laser module does not.