Prohibited items in airside security zones, airside event zones, landside security zones and landside event zones
54 Prohibited items in airside security zones, airside event zones, landside security zones and landside event zones
Strict liability
A person commits an offence if:
the person is in an airside security zone, an airside event zone, a landside security zone or a landside event zone; and
the airside security zone, airside event zone, landside security zone or landside event zone is of a kind prescribed in the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph; and
the person has a prohibited item in his or her possession; and
the person is not:
a law enforcement officer, an airport security guard or an aviation security inspector; or
a member of the Australian Defence Force who is on duty; or
authorised by the regulations, or permitted in writing by the Secretary, to have the prohibited item in his or her possession in the airside security zone, airside event zone, landside security zone or landside event zone.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
Subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.
General
A person commits an offence if:
the person is in an airside security zone, an airside event zone, a landside security zone or a landside event zone; and
the airside security zone, airside event zone, landside security zone or landside event zone is of a kind prescribed in the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph; and
the person has a prohibited item in his or her possession; and
the person is not:
a law enforcement officer, an airport security guard or an aviation security inspector; or
a member of the Australian Defence Force who is on duty; or
authorised by the regulations, or permitted in writing by the Secretary, to have the prohibited item in his or her possession in the airside security zone, airside event zone, landside security zone or landside event zone.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed in the regulations
, 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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