Aviation Transport Security Act 2004

The regulations may, for the purposes of preventing the use of aviation in connection with serious and organised crime, prescribe requirements in relation to areas and zones established under this Part.

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

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

the security checking (including background checking) of persons who have access to areas and 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 or an aircraft operator—250 penalty units; or

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

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