Prohibited Articles
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General
1. Any article to which section 4 of the Aviation
Security Act 1982 applies:
a. any firearm, or any article having the appearance of
being a firearm, whether capable of being discharged or not;
b. any explosive, any article manufactured or adapted
(whether in the form of a bomb, grenade or otherwise) so as
to have the appearance of being an explosive, whether it is
capable of producing practical effect by explosion or not, or
any article marked or labelled so as to indicate that it is
or contains explosive; and
c. any article (not falling within either of the
preceding paragraphs) made or adapted for use for causing
injury to or incapacitating a person or for destroying or
damaging property, or intended by the person having it with
him for such use, whether by him or by any other person.
Part 1 - Restricted Zone/Aircraft Cabin
1. The following articles may not be carried into a
restricted zone or the cabin of an aircraft:
Guns, firearms and weapons
(a) Any object capable, or appearing capable, of
discharging a projectile or causing injury, including, but
not limited to:
- All firearms (pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns etc.)
- Replica and imitation firearms
- Component parts of firearms, (excluding telescopic
sighting devices and sights)
- Air pistols, rifles and pellet guns
- Signal flare pistols
- Starter pistols
- Toy guns of all types
- Ball bearing guns
- Industrial bolt and nail guns
- Cross bows
- Catapults
- Harpoon and spear guns
- Animal humane killers
- Stun or shocking devices e.g. cattle prods, ballistic
conducted energy weapons (taser)
- Lighters shaped like a firearm.
(b) Pointed/edged weapons and sharp objects
Pointed or bladed articles capable of causing injury,
including, but not limited to:
- Axes and hatchets
- Arrows and darts
- Crampons
- Harpoons and spears
- Ice axes and ice picks
- Ice skates
- Lockable or flick knives with blades of any length
- Knives, including ceremonial knives, with blades of more
than 6 cm, made of metal or any other material strong enough
to be used as a potential weapon.
- Meat cleavers
- Machetes
- Open razors and blades (excluding safety or disposable
razors with blades enclosed in cartridge)
- Sabres, swords and swordsticks
- Scalpels
- Scissors with blades more than 6 cm in length
- Ski and walking/hiking poles
- Throwing stars
- Tradesman's tools that have the potential to be used as a
pointed or edged weapon e.g. drills and drill bits, box
cutters, utility knives, all saws, screwdrivers, crowbars,
hammers, pliers, wrenches/spanners, blow torches.
(c) Blunt instruments
Any blunt instrument capable of causing injury, including,
but not limited to:
- Baseball and softball bats
- Clubs or batons - rigid or flexible - e.g. Billy clubs,
blackjacks, night sticks and batons
- Cricket bats
- Golf clubs
- Hockey sticks
- Lacrosse sticks
- Kayak and canoe paddles
- Skateboards
- Billiard, snooker and pool cues
- Fishing rods
- Martial arts equipment e.g. knuckle dusters, clubs,
coshes, rice flails, num chucks, kubatons, kubasaunts
(d) Explosives and flammable substances
Any explosive or highly combustible substances which poses a
risk to the health of passengers and crew or the security /
safety of aircraft or property, including, but not limited
to:
- Ammunition
- Blasting caps
- Detonators and fuses
- Explosives and explosive devices
- Replica or imitation explosive material or devices
- Mines and other explosive military stores
- Grenades of all types
- Gas and gas containers e.g. Butane, propane,
acetylene, oxygen - in large volume.
- Fireworks, flares in any form and other pyrotechnics
(including party poppers and toy caps)
- Non safety matches
- Smoke generating canisters or cartridges
- Flammable liquid fuel e.g. Petrol / gasoline, diesel,
lighter fluid, alcohol, ethanol.
- Aerosol spray paint
- Turpentine and paint thinner
- Alcoholic beverages exceeding 70% by volume (140% proof)
(e) Chemical and toxic substances
Any chemical or toxic substances which poses a risk to the
health of passengers and crew or the security/safety of
aircraft or property, including, but not limited to:
- Acids and alkalis e.g. spillable 'wet' batteries
- Corrosive or bleaching substances - e.g. mercury,
chlorine
- Disabling or incapacitating sprays - e.g. mace, pepper
spray, tear gas
- Radioactive material. - e.g. medicinal or commercial
isotopes
- Poisons
- Infectious or biological hazardous material. - e.g.
infected blood, bacteria and viruses
- Material capable of spontaneous ignition or combustion.
- Fire extinguishers
Part 2 - Hold Baggage
1. The following articles shall not be placed in hold
baggage:
- Explosives, including detonators, fuses, grenades, mines
and explosives
- Gases: propane, butane
- Flammable liquids, including Gasoline, methanol
- Flammable solids and reactive substances, including
magnesium, firelighters, fireworks, flares
- Oxidizers and organic peroxides, including bleach, car
body repair kits
- Toxic or infectious substances, including rat poison,
infected blood
- Radioactive material, including medicinal or commercial
isotopes
- Corrosives, including mercury, vehicle batteries
- Vehicle fuel system