Offences for causing disruption or interference in relation to security controlled airports
38B Offences for causing disruption or interference in relation to security controlled airports
The regulations may prescribe offences in relation to the disruption to or interference with the activities of an airport operator of a security controlled airport, or the activities of an aircraft operator at a security controlled airport, if:
that airport is located in a Commonwealth place or in a Territory; or
that operator is a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies; or
those activities take place in the course of, or in relation to, trade or commerce:
between Australia and places outside Australia; or
among the States; or
within a Territory, between a State and a Territory or between 2 Territories.
The penalties prescribed by the regulations for the offences must not exceed 250 penalty units.
If a body corporate is convicted of an offence against regulations made for the purposes of this section, subsection 4B(3) of the Crimes Act 1914 allows a court to impose fines of up to 5 times the penalty stated in this subsection.
The offences prescribed by the regulations may relate to conduct that occurs outside the boundaries of a security controlled airport.
Subsection (2) does not limit subsection (1).
This provision refers to the regulations (The regulations may prescribe
, prescribed by the regulations
). Made under this Act:
- Aviation Transport Security Regulations 2005 · under s 133(1)
4 more instruments made under this Act are listed on the Act’s overview.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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