Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) For a category 3 airport, the following measures, to be implemented by the airport operator, are prescribed matters for the purposes of section 22ZN of the Act:
(a) if the Secretary determines that this paragraph applies to the airport:
(i) continuous patrolling, by members of a uniformed security force, in a passenger terminal building within the airport in which screening of persons or goods is occurring; and
(ii) continuous patrolling by members of a uniformed security force, at all times when passengers are being screened, at barriers that separate public areas of the airport from security restricted areas of the airport in relation to:
(A) movement of passengers to or from aircraft; or
(B) loading of aircraft cargo on a passenger aircraft or unloading of aircraft cargo from a passenger aircraft;
(iii) patrolling by members of a uniformed security force at a frequency agreed by the operator of the airport and the Secretary:
(A) in the areas of the airport where passenger baggage or other cargo is to be handled by airline staff, except an area referred to in subparagraph (i) or (ii), at times when any such baggage or cargo is being handled; and
(B) at locations in the airport, except in an area referred to in subparagraph (i) or (ii), that provide access by passengers or by wheeled vehicles to areas of the airport that are not public areas;
(iv) the assignment of at least 2 members of a uniformed security force to locations that enable them to make a rapid response to a security emergency at an operational screening point for an international flight;
(v) the assignment of at least 1 member of a uniformed security force to a location that enables him or her to make a rapid response to a security emergency at an operational screening point for a flight other than an international flight;
(b) requiring all persons to identify themselves before entering a security restricted area;
(c) in a period that the Secretary determines, by notice in writing given to the operator of the airport, to be a period in which the following measure is necessary -- patrolling, in a part of the airport set out in the determination, by security personnel who are uniformed and armed;
(d) controlling at all times, vehicle and pedestrian access to a security restricted area of the airport;
(e) identifying anybody who, and any vehicle that, enters:
(i) the airside controlled area of the airport; and
(ii) other areas important to the security of the airport;
(f) preventing unauthorised people or vehicles from entering:
(i) the airside controlled area of the airport; and
(ii) other areas important to the security of the airport;
(g) illumination of an aircraft parking area at the airport when a regular public transport aircraft is parked in that area overnight;
(h) erection and maintenance of fencing, in compliance with standards specified in writing by the Secretary, between a part of an airport used for the surface movement of aircraft and an adjacent part of the airport other than a security restricted area;
(i) if the Secretary determines that this paragraph applies to an international flight -- provision of storage that ensures aviation security for baggage and other cargo (including mail) that is intended to be carried in the hold of the aircraft;
(j) appointment of an employee of the operator of the airport to coordinate aviation security for the airport;
(k) convening a meeting of the airport security committee for the airport at intervals not greater than 3 months;
(l) attendance at the airport by a member of a police force:
(i) at times convenient to that police force; or
(ii) on request.
(2) During a special event period, if an airport operator is unable to provide a uniformed security force to implement the measures mentioned in subparagraphs (1) (a) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), those measures must be implemented as if the words 'uniformed security force' in each of those subparagraphs were replaced by the words 'security service'.
Note Uniformed security force has the meaning given by section 3AF of the Act.