Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

AVIATION TRANSPORT SECURITY REGULATIONS 2005 - REG 4.59

Weapons

  (1)   An air security officer is authorised to have a weapon in his or her possession on board a prescribed aircraft.

  (2)   A representative of the operator of a prescribed aircraft is authorised to possess a weapon on board the aircraft if:

  (a)   the weapon has been surrendered on board the aircraft; and

  (b)   the weapon is to be handed over to a law enforcement officer in accordance with the law of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory; and

  (c)   the weapon is to be stored until it is handed over; and

  (d)   the weapon is stored in such a way that its presence is not apparent to passengers.

  (3)   A person is authorised to have a weapon (other than a firearm) in his or her possession on a prescribed aircraft if:

  (a)   the weapon is a tool of trade; and

  (b)   the person keeps control of the weapon at all times.

  (4)   For paragraph   (3)(b), the person ceases to have control of the weapon if he or she gives possession of it to, or allows it to be accessible to, a person for whom it is not a tool of trade.

  (5)   For paragraph   (3)(a) and subregulation   (4), something is a tool of trade if:

  (a)   the person whose possession it is in requires it for the purpose for which he or she is in a prescribed aircraft; and

  (b)   the purpose is lawful.

Test weapons

  (6)   An aviation security inspector is authorised to possess a test weapon on board a prescribed aircraft if the inspector:

  (a)   is on duty; and

  (b)   requires the 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.