Aviation Transport Security Act 2004

Goods are screened when the goods undergo screening in accordance with regulations made under section 44:

in preparation for being taken on board an aircraft; or

in order to be taken into or remain in an area or zone within a security controlled airport.

Goods receive clearance if:

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

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

the goods enter 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 goods may enter the area, zone or aircraft that way.

Goods are cleared at a particular time if:

the goods have received clearance; and

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

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

To avoid doubt:

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

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

In this section:

Division 2A deals with the examination and clearance of cargo.