Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) This regulation is made for subparagraph 44(2)(d)(i) of the Act.
(2) A person must be cleared to board before boarding an aircraft if:
(a) the aircraft is to operate a screened air service; and
(b) the person is a passenger on, or a member of the crew of, the aircraft.
(3) However, subsection (2) does not apply if the person receives clearance to enter the aircraft other than through a screening point.
(4) For subregulation (2), a member of an aircraft's crew is taken to continue to be cleared if he or she, since he or she was last screened, has continuously been:
(a) in the airside of an airport at which there is a sterile area (and if the sterile area is not continuously in operation, while the area was in operation); or
(b) in the sterile area of an airport; or
(c) on board an aircraft that operates a screened air service.
Note: The following table summarises the requirements of these Regulations in relation to foreign aircrew and cabin crew, or the crew of a state aircraft.
Class of person | Entry to aircraft | Entry to sterile area | Wearing of ASIC in secure area | Checked baggage screening (if otherwise applicable) | Baggage remaining on aircraft or overnighting |
Crew of foreign aircraft | Screening required | Screening required | Not required, but company uniform and ID required | Screening required when baggage loaded | Screening not required |
Crew of state aircraft | Screening not required | Screening required | Not required | Screening not required | Screening not required |