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 prohibited items 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 prohibited items on 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 prohibited item, or is suspected of carrying or using a prohibited item, unlawfully;

dealing with a prohibited item 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.