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Travel & flights · Australia-wide

Can I take my vaporiser in my luggage?

Clear law, contested application

The short answer

The device is governed by dangerous-goods rules about lithium batteries, not by drug law. Those rules generally require it in the cabin and prohibit use or charging in flight - but they are set by each airline, so the answer is airline-specific.

General information, not advice. This page describes the law as at the last-checked date shown at the foot of it. It does not take your circumstances into account, and small differences in circumstances change outcomes. If a decision turns on this, speak to someone qualified about your own situation.

What the law actually says

VERIFY Lithium battery carriage in Australian aviation is governed by the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations and each carrier's dangerous-goods conditions of carriage. Confirm the current CASA position and each major carrier's published rule before publishing. There is no cannabis-specific aviation rule.

What happens if it goes wrong

VERIFY Typically confiscation of the device at screening rather than any charge. Confirm.

What to carry

  • The vaporiser in carry-on baggage, never checked - spare and loose batteries are cabin-only.
  • The chamber clean and empty, so the device is a device rather than a container of plant material.

What to say

  • Declare it as a personal vaporiser if asked, and keep it with your labelled medicine.

What not to do

  • Do not use or charge it in flight.
  • Do not pack it in checked baggage.

Sources

Cite this page

Know Your Script, ‘Vaporisers, batteries and cabin baggage’ (Australia-wide), https://www.knowyourscript.com.au/travel/vaporiser-on-a-plane/ (UNVERIFIED DRAFT — not checked, not for citation).

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