Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00913:reg:8:p56
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00913
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8 (pt 56/133)
Character Range: 202881–205659

(b) in checked baggage—explosives; and
 (c) on a person, in a vehicle, or in goods, in or entering a security restricted area at a designated airport—weapons.
 (3) To avoid doubt, subregulation (2) does not oblige a screening authority to detect weapons, prohibited items or explosives if it is not technically possible to do so.
Note 1: See Subdivision 4.1.1A for the requirements for screening for the detection of LAG products.
Note 2: See Subdivision 4.1.1AB for the requirements for screening for the detection of powder and powder‑like substances.

4.05  Dealing with weapons detected during screening
 (1) For paragraph 44(2)(c) of the Act, this regulation sets out how weapons detected during screening are to be dealt with.
 (2) Subject to subregulation (3), a weapon detected during screening must be:
 (a) surrendered to a screening authority; and
 (b) stored and handled in accordance with subregulation 4.57(2).
 (3) Subregulation (2) does not apply if:
 (a) a weapon is detected by a screening authority for a particular screening area; and
 (b) the weapon is in the possession of a person authorised under Division 4.2 to have the weapon:
 (i) in his or her possession; and
 (ii) in the screening area.
Note: Division 4.2 deals with weapons, and the classes of persons authorised to possess weapons in secure areas. Regulation 4.52 authorises an aviation industry participant to have some types of weapon in an airside security zone if the weapon is a tool of trade controlled by the participant.

4.06  Dealing with prohibited items detected during screening
 (1) For paragraph 44(2)(c) of the Act, this regulation sets out how prohibited items detected during screening are to be dealt with.
 (2) Any prohibited item detected during screening must be stored and handled in accordance with any applicable Commonwealth, State or Territory law.

4.07  Use of hand‑held metal detectors
 (1) This regulation is made for paragraph 44(2)(j) of the Act.
 (2) A hand‑held metal detector must not be used for screening at a security controlled airport from which a screened air service does not operate unless its use is required by:
 (a) written notice under subsection 44(3) of the Act; or
 (b) a special security direction under section 67 of the Act.
 (3) If a hand‑held metal detector is used as a screening tool in accordance with a requirement referred to in subregulation (2), it must be operated in accordance with the relevant direction.
 (4) An airport operator must not use or purport to use a hand‑held metal detector as a screening device in contravention of subregulation (2) or (3).
Penalty: 50 penalty units.

4.08  Circumstances in which persons must be cleared in order to board aircraft
 (1) This regulation is made for subparagraph 44(2)(d)(i) of the