Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) For the purposes of section 36 of the Act, this regulation prescribes additional requirements that apply to security restricted areas that are not at designated airports.
(2) This regulation begins to have effect in relation to an airport when the Secretary establishes such an area for the airport.
(3) The responsible aviation industry participant must ensure that:
(a) the security restricted area can be entered only by:
(i) a person who is authorised to do so and who, if required by Subdivision 3.2.1 to properly display an ASIC in the area, meets the requirements of subregulation (3A); or
(ii) an entry exempt person; or
(iii) a vehicle driven by a person mentioned in subparagraph (i) or (ii); and
(b) if access to the security restricted area or any part of it is not continuously controlled, the security restricted area or part is inspected before it is used; and
(c) signs, at least 0.4 m wide by 0.3 m high, and otherwise complying with subregulation (4), are placed at the boundary of the security restricted area in such a way that anyone entering the security restricted area knows that it is a security restricted area.
(3A) For the purposes of subparagraph (3)(a)(i), the person must:
(a) properly display a valid red ASIC; or
(b) properly display a valid VIC, a valid TAC or a valid grey ASIC and be supervised by someone authorised to enter the security restricted area who properly displays a valid red ASIC.
(4) A sign required by paragraph (3)(c) must be in the following form:
| Commonwealth of Australia
WARNING!
Security restricted area
Unauthorised entry prohibited Maximum penalty exceeds $5 000
Unauthorised possession of weapons prohibited Maximum penalty exceeds $10 000
( Aviation Transport Security Act 2004 and Aviation Transport Security Regulations 2005 ) |
(7) If the secure area of a security controlled airport from or to which no screened air service operates is entered, during a period that is not a traffic period for the airport, by a person, or a vehicle driven by a person, not displaying a valid ASIC, VIC or TAC, that entry does not constitute a contravention by the airport operator of subparagraph (3)(a)(i) or (iii).
