Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00353:clause:1_20a:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00353
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 20A (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 5550–8314

20A  Screening by aircraft operators

 (1) An aircraft operator screening people, vehicles or goods, other than at a sterile area, must do so:
 (a) in the manner and on the occasions that the Secretary directs in writing; and
 (b) by the use of people who meet any requirements in relation to qualification, training, experience or appropriate physical attributes that are determined by the Secretary in writing; and
 (c) by the use of equipment that conforms to, and is operated in accordance with, specifications determined by the Secretary in writing; and
 (d) by the use of areas, buildings or rooms reserved for the purposes of screening and clearance.

 (2) An aircraft operator must not, without reasonable excuse, contravene subsection (1).

Penalty: 200 penalty units.

 (3) An aircraft operator must not permit a person, a vehicle or goods to pass a screening point that is not at a sterile area in order to enter an aircraft, if the screening equipment detects a metal or unidentified object that is on the person, or in the vehicle or goods, unless:
 (a) the operator is satisfied that the object is not a danger to aviation security; or
 (b) the object is surrendered to the operator.

 (4) An aircraft operator must not, without reasonable excuse, contravene subsection (3).

Penalty: 200 penalty units.

 (5) Subject to subsections (6) and (7), an aircraft operator must ensure that passengers or intending passengers of the aircraft do not have an opportunity to make physical contact with another person who:
 (a) is required by this Division to be screened but has not been screened; or
 (b) having been screened, has afterwards had an opportunity to make physical contact with a person of a kind referred to in paragraph (a) or this paragraph.

 (6) The requirement in subsection (5) applies in relation to a passenger or intending passenger who leaves a sterile area, having been screened and cleared at the sterile area, for the period beginning immediately after the passenger or intending passenger leaves the sterile area and ending when the passenger or intending passenger boards the aircraft.

 (7) The requirement in subsection (5) applies in relation to a passenger or intending passenger who is not covered by subsection (6) for the period beginning immediately after the passenger or intending passenger is screened and cleared and ending when the passenger or intending passenger boards the aircraft.

 (8) In spite of subsection (5), an aircraft operator is not required to ensure that passengers, or intending passengers, do not make physical contact with:
 (a) a person, vehicle or goods authorised in writing by the Secretary to be in an area used by those passengers or intending passengers; and
 (b) a person, vehicle or goods