Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

AVIATION TRANSPORT SECURITY REGULATIONS 2005 - REG 4.59A

         (1)   For subsection 52 (1) of the Act, an air security officer is authorised to use a firearm on board a prescribed aircraft if the use of the firearm is necessary to safeguard against unlawful interference with aviation.

         (2)   This regulation has extra-territorial application under subsection 134 (1) of the Act in relation to prescribed aircraft that are:

                (a)    Australian aircraft; or

               (b)    aircraft (other than Australian aircraft) engaged in Australian international carriage;

while the aircraft are outside Australian territory.