Aviation Transport Security (Prohibited cargo–Egypt) Instrument 2022

Note A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the definition section of the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004, including Australian territory; aviation industry participant; cargo.

In this instrument:

biological tissue means an item of cargo that consists only of biological matter that is an aggregate of cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material in an animal or plant, or biological substances or samples and the necessary packaging to ship the biological matter, substances or samples.

Note Paragraph 23(b) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 provides that words in the singular number include the plural and words in the plural number include the singular;

ETD equipment (explosive trace detection equipment) means technology used to detect and indicate, by audible or visual alarm, the presence of an explosive material.

government article means an item of cargo that:

is sent by the Commonwealth or an authority of the Commonwealth; and bears on its face a security classification; and bears a security classification that is referred to in the protective security policy applicable to the Australian Government when the article is sent.

human remains means an item of cargo which meets all of the following requirements:

the item consists only of human remains and necessary packaging; and the sender of the item is a funeral director;

the airline transporting the item has sighted a copy of the death certificate of the person to whom the human remains relate.

last port of call airport means an airport that is the last international port that the aircraft departs from before landing in Australian territory.

letter product means an item of cargo that has all of the following characteristics:

it weighs 500g or less;

it contains only flexible items, nothing rigid or inflexible;

Note 1 Flexible items include thick cardboard to protect items from being bent or crushed

Note 2 Examples of rigid or inflexible items are pens, keys, USBs or CDs its longest dimension is 360 mm or less;

its second longest dimension is 260 mm or less;

its shortest dimension is 20 mm or less.

security controls means requirements or procedures that, under the laws applying at the last port of call airport, must be applied to detect the presence of explosives in items of cargo.

small item means an item of cargo that weights 250g or less, and is 5 mm or less in its shortest dimension.

X-ray observation equipment means screening X-ray equipment that: