Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

AVIATION TRANSPORT SECURITY REGULATIONS 2005 - REG 6.55

         (1)   A person who holds a security designated authorisation must not perform a duty that is essential to the operation of an aircraft while the aircraft is in Australian territory if the Secretary:

                (a)    has determined that the person has an adverse aviation security status; and

               (b)    has given a copy of the determination to the person.

Penalty:   20 penalty units.

Note    A pilot licence, a flight engineer licence and a special pilot licence are security designated authorisations -- see regulation 1.08 and the Act, section 74G.

         (2)   Subject to subregulation (4), a person who is over 18, and holds a security designated authorisation, must not perform a duty that is essential to the operation of an aircraft while the aircraft is in Australian territory unless:

                (a)    his or her aviation security status check is current; or

               (b)    he or she has requested an aviation security status check.

Penalty:   20 penalty units.

         (3)   For paragraph (2) (a), a person's aviation security status check is current at a particular time if:

                (a)    it was carried out no more than 5 years before that time; or

               (b)    he or she has requested that a new check be carried out; or

                (c)    within the previous 2 years, he or she underwent a background check for the issue of an ASIC.

         (4)   If a security designated authorisation is issued to a person who is under 18, subregulation (2) does not have effect in relation to him or her until 3 months after his or her 18th birthday.