Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00913:reg:8:p126
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00913
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8 (pt 126/133)
Character Range: 377578–380167

and
 (b) the disclosure is in accordance with a security program;
the aviation industry participant must:
 (c) make a record of the person who is given the airline or flight information; and
 (d) keep the record for 90 days.
 (3) A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subregulation (2).
Penalty: 20 penalty units.

Division 4.2—Weapons

4.52  Aviation industry participants authorised to have weapons (not firearms) in possession in secure areas
 (1) An aviation industry participant is authorised to have a weapon (other than a firearm) in its possession in an airside area or a landside security zone if:
 (a) the weapon is a tool of trade; and
 (b) the aviation industry participant takes reasonable precautions to ensure that the weapon remains under its control.
 (2) For paragraph (1)(a), something is a tool of trade if the relevant aviation industry participant requires it for a lawful purpose.

4.53  Persons authorised to have weapons or test weapons (not firearms) in possession in secure areas

Weapons (other than firearms)
 (1) Each of the following persons is authorised to have a weapon (not a firearm) in his or her possession in a secure area of an airport:
 (a) an officer of Customs;
 (b) an air security officer;
 (c) a screening officer who is carrying the weapon to or from an aircraft because the weapon:
 (i) has been accepted for carriage by the aircraft's operator; or
 (ii) is being removed from the aircraft;
 (d) an authorised representative of an airline operator who is carrying the weapon to or from an aircraft because the weapon:
 (i) has been accepted for carriage by the aircraft's operator; or
 (ii) is being removed from the aircraft;
 (e) a representative of the screening authority who is lawfully testing the screening system.
 (2) A person is authorised to have a weapon (other than a firearm) in his or her possession in a secure area if:
 (a) the weapon is a tool of trade; and
 (b) the person keeps control of the weapon at all times.
 (3) For paragraph (2)(b), the person ceases to have control of the weapon if he or she gives possession of it to, or allows it to be accessible to, a person for whom it is not a tool of trade.
 (4) For paragraph (2)(a) and subregulation (3), something is a tool of trade if:
 (a) the person whose possession it is in requires it for the purpose for which he or she is in the relevant area or zone; and
 (b) the purpose is lawful.

Test weapons
 (5) A person who is an aviation security inspector is authorised to have a test weapon in the person's possession in a secure area if the person: