Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

AVIATION TRANSPORT SECURITY REGULATIONS 2005 - REG 4.55

Weapons

  (1)   The following persons are authorised to carry a weapon through a screening point:

  (a)   a screening officer on duty, or an employee or contractor of the airport operator or the operator of a screened aircraft (being an employee or contractor who is on duty), if:

  (i)   the weapon has been detected during screening; and

  (ii)   the weapon is to be stored until it is handed over in accordance with regulation   4.57; and

  (iii)   to reach the place where the weapon is to be stored or released, the weapon must be carried through the screening point; and

  (iv)   the weapon is carried in such a way that its presence is not apparent to members of the public;

  (b)   a screening officer on duty, or an employee or a contractor of the airport operator or the operator of a screened aircraft (being an employee or contractor who is on duty), if:

  (i)   the weapon has been surrendered for the purpose of being carried in the hold of the aircraft; and

  (ii)   the aircraft operator has agreed to carry the weapon in the hold of the aircraft; and

  (iii)   to reach the place where the weapon is to be checked in or to be loaded onto the aircraft, the weapon must be carried through the screening point; and

  (iv)   the weapon is carried in such a way that its presence is not apparent to members of the public;

  (c)   a representative of the screening authority who is lawfully testing the screening system.

Test weapons

  (2)   A person who is an aviation security inspector is authorised to carry a test weapon through a screening point if the person:

  (a)   is on duty; and

  (b)   requires the test weapon in relation to an exercise of a power by the inspector under paragraph   79(2)(h) or 80(2)(f) of the Act to test a security system.

Note 1:   This regulation does not authorise the carrying of a weapon through the sterile area, see the Act, section   46.

Note 2:   If a weapon has been surrendered for the purpose of being carried on an international aircraft as checked baggage, and the airline operator is not sure whether carriage of the weapon constitutes an offence of unlawful export under the Customs Act 1901 , the airline operator should refer the matter to an officer of Customs before loading the weapon on the aircraft.