The TCAA made an application in August 2004 for members of TCAA— which included TCAA members’ students (provided that ID proof of exemption—TCAA membership card be carried with the sword re. a police inquiry), be exempted from the prohibition.
A letter from the Department of Justice dated 11 June 2004 advised that, " .... all people who make an application for an approval or an exemption before 31 August 2004 will be
exempted from the prohibition until their application has been processed and they have been advised of the outcome."
Since the Licensing Services Branch of the
Victoria Police is still in the process of reviewing our application, TCAA
members holdinga current TCAA membership card are exempted from the
prohibition.
However, remember that the following conditions apply:
When not being used in accordance with the purpose specified (ie studying and
participating in Tai Chi), swords must be stored safely and securely; and a
member of the police force must be permitted to inspect the storage
arrangements at any reasonable time.
"stored safely and securely" means:
(a) stored in a manner calculated to ensure that the sword:
(i) is not readily accessible to a person other than the person seeking to rely on the exemption; and
(ii) is not available for possession, carriage or use by a person who is not themself a holder of an approval issued by the Chief Commissioner of Police or who does not fall within another class of exempt persons;
(b) when being transported between the usual place of storage of the sword and places at which the sword is legitimately used, the purpose of which is the subject of this exemption, stored in a manner calculated to ensure that the sword is not readily accessible to a person other than the person seeking to rely on the exemption and that the sword is concealed from plain sight during any such transportation.
TCAA will advise the membership of the outcome of the exemption application.
Ken Goh, Vice-President
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