Aviation Transport Security Act 2004

A transport security program that is given to an aviation industry participant under section 26B must:

set out the minimum security requirements that the participant must comply with for the purposes of safeguarding against unlawful interference with aviation; and

deal with any other matter required to be dealt with in the program by regulations made for the purposes of subsection (2); and

be appropriate for the operations or locations covered by the program.

A transport security program that is given to an aviation industry participant under section 26B may include a security assessment for the participant’s operation.

A transport security program that is given to an aviation industry participant under section 26B may set out the measures and procedures to be undertaken or implemented by the participant under the program for the purposes of safeguarding against:

unlawful interference with aviation; or

operational interference with aviation.

The regulations may prescribe other matters that are to be dealt with in one or more of the following:

each transport security program given under section 26B;

each transport security program for a particular kind of aviation industry participant given under section 26B;

each transport security program for a particular class of a particular kind of aviation industry participant given under section 26B.

A transport security program that is given to an aviation industry participant under section 26B may require the participant to have in place any of the following:

procedures to manage and coordinate aviation security activities within the participant’s operation;

procedures to coordinate the management of aviation security with other parties (including Commonwealth agencies) who have responsibilities for, or are connected with, aviation;

technology, equipment and procedures that will be used by the participant to maintain aviation security;

a plan for how the participant will respond to aviation security incidents;

practices and procedures to protect security compliance information.