Editing Pepper spray (section)

===Australia===
* [[Australian Capital Territory]]: Pepper spray is a "prohibited weapon", making it an offence to possess or use it.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=ABC News |title=The one place in Australia where it's legal to have pepper spray for self-defence |first=Michael |last=Collett |date=8 July 2018  |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-08/the-one-place-in-australia-where-its-legal-to-have-pepper-spray/9932644 |access-date=8 September 2020 }}</ref>
* [[New South Wales]]: Possession of pepper spray by unauthorized persons is illegal, under schedule 1 of the Weapons Prohibition Act 1998, being classified as a "prohibited weapon".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/wpa1998231/sch1.html|title=Weapons Prohibition Act 1998 - Schedule 1|access-date=2017-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410215822/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/wpa1998231/sch1.html|archive-date=2017-04-10|url-status=live}}</ref> 
* [[Northern Territory]]: Prescribed by regulation to be a prohibited weapon under the Weapons Control Act.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nt.gov.au/dcm/legislation/current.html|title=Weapons Control Act|access-date=2009-02-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102120521/http://www.nt.gov.au/dcm/legislation/current.html|archive-date=2013-01-02}}</ref> 
** This legislation makes it an offense for someone without a permit, normally anyone who is not an officer of Police/Correctional Services/Customs/Defence, to carry a prohibited weapon.
* [[Tasmania]]: Possession of pepper spray by unauthorized persons is illegal, under an amendment of the Police Offences Act 1935, being classified as an "offensive weapon". Likewise, possession of knives, batons, and any other instrument that may be considered, "Offensive Weapons" if they are possessed by an individual, in a Public Place, "Without lawful excuse", leading to confusion within the police force over what constitutes "lawful excuse". Self-defense as a lawful excuse to carry such items varies from one officer to the next. 
** Pepper spray is commercially available without a license. Authority to possess and use Oleoresin Capsicum devices remains with Tasmania Police Officers (As part of general-issue operational equipment), and Tasmanian Justice Department (H.M. Prisons) Officers.
* [[South Australia]]: in South Australia, possession of pepper spray without lawful excuse is illegal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.police.sa.gov.au/sapol/services/firearms_weapons/weapons_body_armour/faqs_weapons.jsp|title=Firearms and weapons|first=South Australia|last=Police|access-date=2014-06-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430053846/http://www.police.sa.gov.au/sapol/services/firearms_weapons/weapons_body_armour/faqs_weapons.jsp|archive-date=2013-04-30|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Western Australia]]: The possession of pepper spray by individuals for self-defense subject to a "reasonable excuse" test has been legal in Western Australia following the landmark Supreme Court decision in Hall v Collins [2003] WASCA 74 (4 April 2003).<ref name="Anne Calverley 2003">Anne Calverley, "Judge clears use of pepper spray", ''The West Australian'', 28 March 2003, 1.</ref>
* [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]: Schedule 3 of the ''Control of Weapons Regulations 2011'' designates "an article designed or adapted to discharge oleoresin capsicum spray" as a prohibited weapon.<ref>{{Cite Legislation AU|Vic|reg|cowr2011325|Control of Weapons Regulations 2011}}</ref>
* [[Queensland]]: in Queensland, pepper spray is considered an offensive weapon and can not be used for self-defence.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.police.qld.gov.au/programs/cscp/personalSafety/adults/dealingwithconfrontation.htm | title = Dealing with confrontation | publisher = Queensland Police | access-date = 2018-12-09 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180401141027/https://www.police.qld.gov.au/programs/cscp/personalSafety/adults/dealingwithconfrontation.htm | archive-date = 2018-04-01 | url-status = live }}</ref>