Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00353:clause:1_21
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00353
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 21
Character Range: 9027–9866

21  Designation of sterile areas

 (1) The Secretary may, in writing, designate a place used to process passengers or intending passengers of aircraft to which section 20 applies as a sterile area.

 (2) The place may be wholly or partly within or outside a terminal building.

 (3) The Secretary may designate the place:
 (a) as a full-time sterile area; or
 (b) as a sterile area only during the period or periods specified in the designation (for example, during specified hours of each day).

 (4) If the Secretary designates a place as a sterile area only during a particular period or periods, a reference in this Act to a sterile area is a reference to the place during the period or periods, as the case may be.

 (5) The Secretary may designate the place subject to such conditions (if any) as are specified in the designation.