Aviation Transport Security Act 2004

The regulations may, for the purposes of safeguarding against unlawful interference with aviation, prescribe requirements in relation to the carriage and use of weapons on a prescribed aircraft or at a security controlled airport.

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

authorising the carriage of weapons on board a prescribed aircraft or in an airside security zone, an airside event zone, a landside security zone or a landside event zone;

dealing with a person on a prescribed aircraft or at a security controlled airport who carries or uses a weapon, or is suspected of carrying or using a weapon, unlawfully;

dealing with a weapon surrendered by a person on a prescribed aircraft or at a security controlled airport.

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 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.