Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00913:reg:8:p129
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00913
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8 (pt 129/133)
Character Range: 384733–387354

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 surrendered for the purpose of being carried in the hold of the aircraft; and
 (ii) the aircraft operator has agreed to carry the weapon in the hold of the aircraft; and
 (iii) to reach the place where the weapon is to be checked in or to be loaded onto the aircraft, 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;
 (c) a representative of the screening authority who is lawfully testing the screening system.

Test weapons
 (2) A person who is an aviation security inspector is authorised to carry a test weapon through a screening point if the person:
 (a) is on duty; and
 (b) requires the test weapon in relation to an exercise of a power by the inspector under paragraph 79(2)(h) or 80(2)(f) of the Act to test a security system.
Note 1: This regulation does not authorise the carrying of a weapon through the sterile area, see the Act, section 46.
Note 2: If a weapon has been surrendered for the purpose of being carried on an international aircraft as checked baggage, and the airline operator is not sure whether carriage of the weapon constitutes an offence of unlawful export under the Customs Act 1901, the airline operator should refer the matter to an officer of Customs before loading the weapon on the aircraft.

4.55A  Persons authorised to carry weapons through screening points—security restricted areas at designated airports

Persons carrying tools of trade
 (1) A person is authorised to carry a weapon (other than a firearm) through a screening point operating for the purposes of regulation 3.16E for a security restricted area at a designated airport if:
 (a) the person requires it for the purpose for which he or she is entering, or is in, the security restricted area; and
 (b) the purpose is lawful.

Counter‑Terrorism Unit members carrying firearms
 (2) An officer of Customs is authorised to carry a firearm through a screening point operating for the purposes of regulation 3.16E for a security restricted area at a designated airport if he or she:
 (a) is a member of a Counter‑Terrorism Unit of the Australian Border Force; and
 (b) is wearing a Counter‑Terrorism Unit uniform; and
 (c) has attached to that uniform an identification card, issued by the Australian Border Force, that identifies the officer as such a member and that the officer would be