Aviation Transport Security Act 2004

A person is screened when the person undergoes screening in accordance with regulations made under section 44:

in preparation for boarding an aircraft; or

in order to enter or remain in an area or zone within a security controlled airport.

A person receives clearance if:

after being screened, the person is allowed, by a screening officer, to pass through the screening point; or

the person passes through the screening point and the regulations provide, or the Secretary by written notice provides, that the person may pass through that screening point without being screened; or

the person enters a cleared area, a cleared zone or a cleared aircraft other than through a screening point and the regulations provide, or the Secretary by written notice provides, that the person may enter the area, zone or aircraft that way.

A person is cleared at a particular time if:

the person has received clearance; and

since receiving clearance, the person has at all times been in a cleared area, a cleared zone or a cleared aircraft.

For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), a person is taken to be in a cleared area or cleared zone if the person is under the supervision or control prescribed in the regulations.

To avoid doubt:

a notice under paragraph (2)(b) may provide that a class of persons may pass through a screening point without being screened; and

a notice under paragraph (2)(c) may provide that a class of persons may enter a cleared area, a cleared zone or a cleared aircraft other than through a screening point.