Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00913:reg:8:p128
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00913
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8 (pt 128/133)
Character Range: 382294–384951

operator who is carrying the firearm to or from an aircraft because the firearm:
 (i) has been accepted for carriage by the aircraft's operator; or
 (ii) is being removed from the aircraft;
 (da) a representative of the screening authority who is lawfully testing the screening system;
 (e) an officer of Customs;
 (f) an air security officer.
Note: For the purposes of paragraphs (a) and (b), the requirement to display an ASIC does not apply to security controlled airports that do not have regular public transport operations: see subregulation 3.03(4).
 (2) A person (other than a person referred to in paragraph (1)(c), (d), (da), (e) or (f)) in an airside area of an airport who is carrying a firearm, or has a firearm close by and under his or her control, must, on demand by a law enforcement officer, an aviation security inspector or a representative of the airport operator or an airline operator, immediately show the law enforcement officer, aviation security inspector or representative:
 (a) the person's firearms licence; and
 (b) if the person is a person referred to in paragraph (1)(b), the person's security guard licence; and
 (c) if the person is a person referred to in paragraph (1)(a), and the law of the State or Territory requires the person to hold a licence or permission referred to in subparagraph (1)(a)(iv)—that licence or permission.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
 (3) An offence against subregulation (2) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: This regulation does not authorise a person to have a firearm in his or her possession in a land side security zone, including a sterile area. For the carriage of firearms in the sterile area, see the Act, section 46.

4.55  Persons authorised to carry weapons or test weapons through screening points—general

Weapons
 (1) The following persons are authorised to carry a weapon through a screening point:
 (a) a screening officer on duty, or an employee or contractor of the airport operator or the operator of a screened aircraft (being an employee or contractor who is on duty), if:
 (i) the weapon has been detected during screening; and
 (ii) the weapon is to be stored until it is handed over in accordance with regulation 4.57; and
 (iii) to reach the place where the weapon is to be stored or released, the weapon must be carried through the screening point; and
 (iv) the weapon is carried in such a way that its presence is not apparent to members of the public;
 (b) a screening officer on duty, or an employee or a contractor of the airport operator or the operator of a screened aircraft (being an employee or contractor who is on duty), if:
 (i) the weapon has been