Well, it is not only amateur astronomers who could be (and are, without them being aware of the situation) affected by this legislation.
There is a huge number of tools distributed by Bunnings, that have lasers mounted permanently as a vital part that ensures the correct and precise operation of that tool.... many of them are above the 1mW limit.
And all those gadgets are portable and hand-held.
It will be interesting to see how the situation will develop in the future....
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