Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated RegulationsFor the purposes of this Division, counter - terrorist first response means providing:
(a) deterrence measures designed to deny information to terrorists and deter acts of terrorism, and if an act is threatened or prospective, to deter or prevent it, being measures that vary in accordance with the threat, and include, but are not limited to, continuous patrolling within the airport by members of a counter - terrorist first response force at all times when the airport is operational, with emphasis on, but not exclusively:
(i) within terminals; and
(ii) approaches to terminals; and
(iii) at barriers that separate the parts of the airport that are publicly accessible from airside areas, airside security zones and landside security zones of the airport in relation to movement of passengers to or from prescribed aircraft or loading and unloading of goods (including baggage and cargo) on a prescribed aircraft; and
(iv) in the areas of the airport where goods (including baggage and cargo) are handled by airline, RACA or airport staff at times when goods (including baggage and cargo) are being handled; and
(v) at locations in the airport that provide access by persons or vehicles to areas of the airport that are not publicly accessible; and
(vi) parts of the airport used for the surface movement of aircraft (except taxiways and runways) and adjacent parts of the airport; and
(b) a response capability that provides:
(i) an initial response capability for acts of terrorism:
(A) to evacuate endangered or potentially endangered persons; and
(B) if the act has occurred or is occurring, to contain it; and
(C) to cordon the location of the act; and
(ii) an initial response to other acts of unlawful interference with aviation; and
(iii) an initial response to other aviation security incidents to make a determination as to whether they are counter - terrorist first response related; and
(iv) at least 2 members of a counter - terrorist first response force to make a rapid response on the activation of an operational screening point duress alarm, or request to attend at an operational screening point for an international or domestic air service; and
(c) to transfer responsibility for command and control after completion of that response to the responsible law enforcement agency or agencies and to pass relevant information relating to a terrorist act to other government agencies, the airport operator and the aircraft operator to ensure that the airport and aircraft operators are able to meet their incident reporting obligations under the Act.