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AVIATION TRANSPORT SECURITY ACT 2004 No. 8, 2004 - SECT 3
Purposes of this Act
- (1)
- The main purpose of this Act is to establish a regulatory framework to
safeguard against unlawful interference with aviation.
- (2)
- To achieve this purpose, this Act establishes minimum security
requirements for civil aviation in Australia by imposing obligations on
persons engaged in civil aviation related activities. In particular, it
obliges certain aviation industry participants to develop, and comply with,
aviation security programs.
- (3)
- The role of the Secretary under this Act is to regulate those aviation
industry participants.
- (4)
- Another purpose of this Act is to meet Australia's obligations under the
Convention on International Aviation (also known as the Chicago Convention).
Note: The Chicago Convention is set out in the Air Navigation Act 1920 .
- (5)
- It is not a purpose of this Act to prevent lawful advocacy, protest,
dissent or industrial action that does not compromise aviation security.
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