(1) A person who holds a security designated authorisation must not perform a duty that is essential to the operation of an aircraft while the aircraft is in Australian territory if the Secretary:
(a) has determined that the person has an adverse aviation security status; and
(b) has given a copy of the determination to the person.
Note: A flight crew licence is a security designated authorisation (see regulation 1.08 and section 74G of the Act).
(2) Subject to subregulation (4), a person who is over 18, and holds a security designated authorisation, must not perform a duty that is essential to the operation of an aircraft while the aircraft is in Australian territory unless:
(a) his or her aviation security status check is current; or
(b) he or she has requested an aviation security status check.
(3) For paragraph (2)(a), a person's aviation security status check is current at a particular time if:
(a) it was carried out no more than 5 years before that time; or
(b) he or she has requested that a new check be carried out; or
(c) within the previous 2 years, he or she underwent a background check for the issue of an ASIC.
(4) If a security designated authorisation is issued to a person who is under 18, subregulation (2) does not have effect in relation to him or her until 3 months after his or her 18th birthday.