Aviation Transport Security Act 2004

The regulations may, for the purposes of safeguarding against unlawful interference with aviation, prescribe requirements in relation to each type of airside security zone.

Without limiting the matters that may be dealt with by regulations made under subsection (1), the regulations may deal with the following:

access to airside security zones (including conditions of entry, the issue and use of security passes and other identification systems);

the patrolling of airside security zones;

the provision of lighting, fencing and storage facilities;

the identification or marking of airside security zones;

the approval of building works within, or adjacent to, airside security zones;

the screening of people, vehicles or goods (other than cargo) for entry to, or that are in, airside security zones;

requirements relating to the entry of cargo to airside security zones;

the security checking (including background checking) of persons who have access to airside security zones;

the movement, management or operation of aircraft, vehicles and other machinery in airside security zones;

the maintenance of the integrity of airside security zones;

access to aircraft (including unattended aircraft) from airside security zones;

the management of people and goods (including the management of unaccompanied, unidentified or suspicious goods) in airside security zones;

the management (including the sale or disposal) of vehicles or goods abandoned in airside security zones.

Regulations made under this section may prescribe penalties for offences against those regulations. The penalties must not exceed:

for an offence committed by an airport operator, an aircraft operator or a screening authority—250 penalty units; or

for an offence committed by an aviation industry participant, other than an accredited air cargo agent or a participant covered by paragraph (a)—100 penalty units; or

for an offence committed by an accredited air cargo agent or any other person—50 penalty units.

If a body corporate is convicted of an offence against regulations made under this section, subsection 4B(3) of the Crimes Act 1914 allows a court to impose fines of up to 5 times the penalties stated above.