AVIATION TRANSPORT SECURITY ACT 2004 No. 8, 2004 - SECT 35 Requirements for airside areas

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Requirements for airside areas

(1): The regulations may, for the purposes of safeguarding against unlawful interference with aviation, prescribe requirements in relation to the airside area of a security controlled airport.
(2): The following matters may be dealt with by regulations made under subsection (1):

(a): access to the airside area (including conditions of entry, the issue and use of security passes and other identification systems);
(b): the patrolling of the airside area;
(c): the provision of lighting, fencing and storage facilities;
(d): the identification or marking of the airside area;
(e): the approval of building works within, or adjacent to, the airside area;
(f): the screening of people, vehicles or goods for entry to the airside area;
(g): the security checking (including background checking) of persons who have access to the airside area;
(h): the movement, management or operation of aircraft, vehicles and other machinery in the airside area;
(i): the maintenance of the integrity of the airside area;
(j): access to aircraft (including unattended aircraft) from the airside area;
(k): the management of people and goods (including the management of unaccompanied, unidentified or suspicious goods) in the airside area;
(l): the management (including the sale or disposal) of vehicles or goods abandoned in the airside area.

(3): Regulations made under this section may prescribe penalties for offences against those regulations. The penalties must not exceed:

(a): for an offence committed by an airport operator or an aircraft operator—200 penalty units; or
(b): for an offence committed by an aviation industry participant, other than a participant covered by paragraph (a)—100 penalty units; or
(c): for an offence committed by any other person—50 penalty units.

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