Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) For paragraph 44(2)(l) and subsection 44(4) of the Act, a screening authority for a security controlled airport, or part of the airport, commits an offence if:
(a) a screened air service operates from the airport or part of the airport, as the case may be; and
(b) the screening authority:
(i) carries out screening and clearing of baggage for the air service at the airport or part of the airport; and
(ii) is required to carry out screening of the baggage in accordance with the specifications of a binding screening notice; and
(c) baggage belonging to passengers of the air service must be cleared before it is checked in; and
(d) the screening authority does not have appropriate procedures in place to ensure that an item cannot be placed in or on any cleared baggage during the supervision or control period.
(2) In this regulation:
"binding screening notice" , in relation to a screening authority, means a notice:
(a) given under regulation 4.17(1); and
(b) binding on the authority.
Note: Subregulation 4.17(3) sets out the requirement for a binding notice.
"supervision or control period" means the period that starts when baggage is cleared and ends when baggage is checked in.