Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

[Index] [Table] [Search] [Search this Regulation] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help]

AVIATION TRANSPORT SECURITY REGULATIONS 2005 - REG 2.13

What airport operator's TSP must contain -- description of airport

         (1)   The TSP must set out:

                (a)    the name of the airport; and

               (b)    its geographic location, including a reference to the closest population centre; and

                (c)    the types of aircraft operations that operate to and from the airport, including regular public transport, cargo, general aviation and joint‑user facilities and other significant operations that may require security considerations; and

               (d)    the size of the airport; and

                (e)    a description of significant features affecting the security of the airport perimeter, such as waterways or residential areas; and

                (f)    a description of the airside and landside operations for which the airport operator has responsibility; and

                (g)    the hours during which the airport normally operates; and

                (h)    whether access into landside and airside areas and zones, and the internal security of such areas and zones, is controlled at all times or not; and

                 (i)    details of procedures for security outside the airport's normal hours of operation.

         (2)   The TSP must identify all aviation industry participants that have a facility at, or are located within, the airport that are required to have a TSP, and are covered by the airport operator's TSP or another aviation industry participant's TSP.

         (3)   The operator of a security controlled airport must, within 7 working days after becoming aware of a change in any of
the details mentioned in subregulation (1) or (2), notify the Secretary in writing of the new details.

Penalty:   20 penalty units.

         (4)   The TSP must be accompanied by a document that sets out:

                (a)    the operator's name; and

               (b)    the name of its chief executive officer or manager; and

                (c)    the operator's mailing address, if different to the airport's location; and

               (d)    the operator's fax number; and

                (e)    the contact telephone number for the operator, including an after‑hours number; and

                (f)    an alternative contact person and number; and

                (g)    the name of the security contact officer and his or her business phone number, fax number, e‑mail address and a 24‑hour security contact number.

         (5)   The operator of a security controlled airport must, within 2 working days after becoming aware of a change in contact details (that is, the details required by subregulation (4) to accompany the TSP), notify the Secretary in writing of the new details.

Penalty:   20 penalty units.

         (6)   A contravention of subregulation (3) or (5) is an offence of strict liability.

         (7)   The operator must give each other aviation industry participant that has a facility at, or is located within, the airport:

                (a)    contact details for the operator, including contact details for the operator's security contact officer; and

               (b)    details of the procedures to make known the location of airside areas, airside security zones and landside security zones within the boundaries of the airport; and

                (c)    details of the procedures to check the identity of persons who are authorised to have access to those areas and security zones.

         (8)   The TSP must require the airport operator to maintain a system to enable all aviation industry participants that have a facility at, or are located within, the airport to be contacted if an aviation security incident occurs.

         (9)   If the TSP covers another aviation industry participant that is required to have a program or to be covered by the operator's TSP, the operator's TSP must be accompanied by a document that sets out contact information for each such participant.



[Index] [Table] [Search] [Search this Regulation] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help]