AVIATION TRANSPORT SECURITY REGULATIONS 2005 - REG 4.39 Opening of checked baggage

AVIATION TRANSPORT SECURITY REGULATIONS 2005 - REG 4.39

    Nothing in these Regulations authorises a screening authority or a screening officer to open an item of checked baggage without the consent of a person who is entitled to possession of the item, or of the person who checked the item in, unless:

  (a)   the screening authority first makes a reasonable attempt to find a person who is entitled to possession of the item, or the person who checked the item in; and

  (b)   no such person is found.