Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

AVIATION TRANSPORT SECURITY REGULATIONS 2005 - REG 3.16D

         (1)   This regulation is made for sections 36 and 44 of the Act.

         (2)   This regulation applies only at an airport listed in subregulation 2.18A (1) from or to which a screened air service operates.

         (3)   This regulation applies to a responsible aviation industry participant who occupies or controls an area of the airport that includes a point of entry into an enhanced inspection area.

         (4)   The responsible aviation industry participant must conduct random inspections within the enhanced inspection area during traffic periods at the airport.

         (5)   For paragraph 44 (2) (b) of the Act, the screening point must screen for weapons only.

         (6)   The screening point must be operated by a screening authority and be able to screen the things mentioned in subregulation (5) in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (7) (b).

         (7)   The responsible aviation industry participant must do the following at the screening point:

                (a)    randomly select for screening goods, persons or vehicles that have entered the enhanced inspection area;

               (b)    screen the goods, persons or vehicles (other than exempt goods, exempt persons and exempt vehicles) in accordance with the methods, techniques and equipment specified in a notice:

                          (i)    issued by the Secretary under regulation 4.17; and

                         (ii)    that is binding, under subregulation 4.17 (3), on the responsible aviation industry participant.

         (8)   The responsible aviation industry participant commits an offence if the participant does not comply with a requirement in subregulation (4), (5), (6) or (7).

Penalty:

                (a)    if the responsible aviation industry participant is an airport operator or an aircraft operator -- 200 penalty units; or

               (b)    in any other case -- 100 penalty units.

         (9)   This regulation does not authorise the screening of exempt goods, exempt persons or exempt vehicles that have entered the enhanced inspection area.