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of 260 mm or less; and

(e) has a shortest dimension of 20 mm or less.

    security controls means requirements or procedures that, under the laws applying at the last port of call airport, must be applied to detect the presence of explosives in items of cargo.

    small item means an item of cargo that weighs 250 g or less and is 5 mm or less in its shortest dimension.

     4 Prohibited cargo

   (1)    An aviation industry participant must not bring, or cause to be brought, into Australian territory cargo that has originated in or transited through the People's Republic of Bangladesh (Bangladesh) if:

         (a)                   the cargo was not examined in either:

             (i)                         Bangladesh; or

             (ii)                        at a last port of call airport; and

         (b)                 in circumstances where the cargo was examined at a place referred to in paragraph (a), the cargo:

             (i)                         was examined under security controls at a European Commission validated air cargo facility that is approved by the European Union as complying with air cargo security requirements for the secure examination, handling and storage of air cargo;

             (ii)                       was examined in accordance with the European Union's requirements for the facility;

             (iii)                    was found not to contain explosives; and

             (iv)                     remained secure in accordance with the European Union's requirements for the facility from the time of examination to the time it was loaded onto a flight into Australian territory.

     (2)  The prohibition in subsection (1) does not apply to cargo if the cargo is any of the following types:

(a) a letter product;
(b) a small item;
(c) a live animal and the necessary packaging to ship the animal;
(d) human remains;
(e) biological tissue;
(f) dangerous goods that are permitted, under section 23 of the Civil Aviation Act 1988, to be carried on board an aircraft and the necessary packaging to ship the goods;
(g) a government article;
(h) an item of cargo in a diplomatic bag.

5 Repeal
        Aviation Transport Security (Prohibited Cargo—Bangladesh) Instrument 2015 is repealed.