Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

AVIATION TRANSPORT SECURITY REGULATIONS 2005 - REG 6.33

Form of permanent red ASIC

  (1)   A permanent red ASIC issued by an issuing body must be in a form approved in writing by the Secretary for the issuing body.

Form of permanent grey ASIC

  (2)   A permanent grey ASIC issued by an issuing body must be in a form approved in writing by the Secretary for the issuing body.

Form of permanent white ASIC

  (3)   A permanent white ASIC issued by an issuing body must be in a form approved in writing by the Secretary for the issuing body.

General

  (4)   Without limiting subregulation   (1), (2) or (3), the approval of a form under subregulation   (1), (2) or (3) may extend to specifying any or all of the following:

  (a)   the dimensions of a permanent ASIC and each of its parts;

  (b)   the information that must be included on the front or the back of a permanent ASIC;

  (c)   the security features that must be incorporated into a permanent ASIC;

  (d)   the kind of photograph of the holder of a permanent ASIC that must be included on the permanent ASIC, including the size and quality of the photograph.

  (5)   The Secretary may approve a form of an ASIC for an issuing body under this regulation only if the Secretary is reasonably satisfied that it is necessary to do so for the purposes of safeguarding against unlawful interference with aviation.

  (6)   The Secretary may approve the issue of a permanent ASIC showing the holder's name on the back if the Secretary is satisfied that having the holder's name on the front would put the holder's personal security at risk.

  (7)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person is an issuing body; and

  (b)   the Secretary gives the person a copy of a form approved for the issuing body under this regulation for a permanent red ASIC, a permanent grey ASIC or a permanent white ASIC; and

  (c)   the person issues a permanent red ASIC, a permanent grey ASIC or a permanent white ASIC; and

  (d)   the ASIC issued does not comply in a particular respect with the form approved for the issuing body for that kind of ASIC; and

  (e)   the respect in which the form does not comply is not the subject of an approval under subregulation   (6).

Penalty:   50 penalty units.

  (8)   An offence under subregulation   (7) is an offence of strict liability.

Note:   For strict liability , see section   6.1 of the Criminal Code .