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AVIATION TRANSPORT SECURITY REGULATIONS 2005 - REG 4.13A

Transit passengers may leave LAG items on board certain flights

  (1)   In this regulation:

"permitted item" means an item that:

  (a)   is a LAG product that is in a container that has a capacity of more than 100 ml; and

  (b)   is purchased by a passenger at an airport retail outlet; and

  (c)   is in a sealed plastic bag with proof of purchase by the passenger affixed to the bag, or enclosed in the bag, so that proof of purchase is visible; and

  (d)   has undergone security screening at the airport before being taken on board an aircraft.

  (2)   Despite subregulation   4.13(3), a passenger may leave a LAG product on board an aircraft operating an inbound international air service in the circumstances set out in subregulation   (3).

  (3)   For subregulation   (2), the circumstances are that:

  (a)   if the aircraft makes a scheduled transit stop in Australia or outside Australia as part of its journey to its final destination in Australia--all the following apply;

  (i)   the service is approved by the Secretary;

  (ii)   the LAG product to be left on board is a permitted item or an exempt duty free item;

  (iii)   the Secretary has, in the approval under subparagraph   (i) or otherwise, also approved the LAG product to remain on board the aircraft; or

  (b)   if the aircraft makes an unscheduled stop in Australia or outside Australia as a result of an emergency or other technical safety problem during its journey to its final destination in Australia--all the following apply:

  (i)   the service is approved by the Secretary;

  (ii)   the LAG product to be left on board is a permitted item or an exempt duty free item;

  (iii)   the Secretary has, in the approval under subparagraph   (i) or otherwise, also approved the LAG product to remain on board the aircraft;

  (iv)   the passengers disembark from the aircraft in order to allow the emergency or problem to be rectified;

  (v)   all the passengers board the aircraft after the emergency or problem is rectified and no new passengers board the aircraft.

  (4)   The Secretary may, by written notice:

  (a)   approve an inbound international service for subparagraphs   (3)(a)(i) and (3)(b)(i); and

  (b)   approve, for subparagraphs   (3)(a)(iii) and (3)(b)(iii), a LAG product that is a permitted item or an exempt duty free item to remain on the board the aircraft operating the service.



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