Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Goods are screened when the goods undergo screening in accordance with regulations made under section 44:
(a) in preparation for being taken on board an aircraft; or
(b) in order to be taken into or remain in an area or zone within a security controlled airport.
(2) Goods receive clearance if:
(a) after being screened, the goods are allowed, by a screening officer, to pass through the screening point; or
(b) the goods pass through the screening point and the regulations provide, or the Secretary by written notice provides, that the goods may pass through that screening point without being screened; or
(c) the goods enter a cleared area, a cleared zone or a cleared aircraft other than through a screening point and the regulations provide, or the Secretary by written notice provides, that the goods may enter the area, zone or aircraft that way.
(3) Goods are cleared at a particular time if:
(a) the goods have received clearance; and
(b) since receiving clearance, the goods have at all times been in a cleared area, a cleared zone or a cleared aircraft.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), goods are taken to be in a cleared area or cleared zone if the goods are under the supervision or control prescribed in the regulations.
(5) To avoid doubt:
(a) a notice under paragraph (2)(b) may provide that a class of goods may pass through a screening point without being screened; and
(b) a notice under paragraph (2)(c) may provide that a class of goods may enter a cleared area, a cleared zone or a cleared aircraft other than through a screening point.
(6) In this section:
"goods" includes baggage but does not include cargo.
Note: Division 2A deals with the examination and clearance of cargo.