Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The regulations may, for the purposes of safeguarding against unlawful interference with aviation, prescribe requirements in relation to persons in custody on a prescribed aircraft or at a security controlled airport.
(2) Without limiting the matters that may be dealt with by regulations made under subsection (1), the regulations may deal with the following:
(a) the circumstances in which a person who is in custody may be on a prescribed aircraft or at a security controlled airport;
(b) the security arrangements, including escort arrangements, that must be implemented in relation to persons in custody on a prescribed aircraft, or at a security controlled airport, and the persons who must implement those arrangements;
(c) information about a person in custody that must be provided to the operator of the relevant prescribed aircraft or security controlled airport;
(d) information about a person in custody who is to be on a prescribed aircraft that must be provided to the pilot in command of the aircraft;
(e) the circumstances in which the operator of a prescribed aircraft, or the pilot in command of a prescribed aircraft, may refuse to allow a person in custody to be on the aircraft;
(f) the circumstances in which the operator of a security controlled airport may refuse to allow a person in custody to be at the airport;
(g) the number of persons in custody that may be on a prescribed aircraft, or at a security controlled airport, at any one time.
(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 an accredited air cargo agent or a participant covered by paragraph (a)--100 penalty units; or
(c) for an offence committed by an accredited air cargo agent or any other person--50 penalty units.