Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

AVIATION TRANSPORT SECURITY REGULATIONS 2005 - REG 4.51F

Security program for persons accredited as AACAs

  (1)   If the Secretary accredits a person as an AACA under regulation   4.49, the Secretary must:

  (a)   provide the person with an AACA security program that is appropriate for the kind of business that is carried on by the AACA; and

  (b)   do so at the same time as the notice of the accreditation is given under subregulation   4.49(3).

  (2)   Without limiting subregulation   (1), the AACA security program may set out requirements in relation to the following:

  (a)   measures and procedures to ensure security of the AACA's facilities;

  (b)   measures and procedures to ensure security of the AACA's personnel;

  (c)   training requirements and procedures for the AACA's personnel;

  (d)   measures and procedures for handling cleared cargo;

  (e)   measures and procedures to ensure the chain of custody for cargo;

  (f)   measures and procedures for handling high risk cargo;

  (g)   measures and procedures for oversight of the operation of the measures, procedures and requirements for paragraphs   (a) to (f), including quality assurance and incident response.

Security programs for AACAs whose accreditation is renewed

  (3)   The Secretary may provide an AACA whose accreditation as an AACA is renewed under regulation   4.51B with an AACA security program that is appropriate for the kind of business that is carried on by the AACA.

  (4)   However, if:

  (a)   an AACA's accreditation is renewed under regulation   4.51B; and

  (b)   immediately before the AACA's accreditation was renewed there was an AACA security program in force for the AACA (the original security program ); and

  (c)   the Secretary does not provide the AACA with an AACA security program under subregulation   (3);

the original security program continues in force for the AACA.