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Civil Aviation Act 1990

Aviation security

80: Powers, functions, and duties of Aviation Security Service

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“The Aviation Security Service keeps air travel safe by checking people and things, patrolling airports, and working with others”

The Aviation Security Service has several important jobs to keep air travel safe in New Zealand. They check crew members, passengers, and their bags on international flights. They can also search people, bags, cargo, planes, airports, and navigation equipment if needed.

The service patrols airports and navigation installations to keep them secure. They stay up to date with the latest security methods and can do research to improve aviation security if the Director asks them to.

To do their job better, they work with the police, government departments, airport authorities, airline operators, and security services from other countries. They can also help international organisations that deal with aviation security.

If the police need help with security duties, the Aviation Security Service can provide support. However, this is only if the police really need it and if it won’t make air travel less safe.

The Aviation Security Service can also help other government agencies or local councils if the Minister asks them to. But they will only do this if it doesn’t interfere with their main job of keeping air travel safe.

Lastly, they can do any other jobs that the law gives them.

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Part 8 Aviation security

80Powers, functions, and duties of Aviation Security Service

  1. Without limiting the powers, functions, duties, or responsibilities of the Police under this Act or any other enactment, and without limiting the generality of section 77, the Aviation Security Service shall have the following powers, functions, and duties:

  2. to carry out—
    1. crew, passenger, and baggage screening of all international aircraft passenger services; and
      1. the screening, reasonable searches, or seizures specified in section 77A(1) or section 77B(1):
      2. to undertake, if necessary, reasonable searches of crew, passengers, baggage, cargo, aircraft, aerodromes, and navigation installations:
        1. to carry out aerodrome security patrols and patrols of navigation installations:
          1. to review, inquire into, and keep itself informed on security techniques, systems, devices, practices, and procedures related to the protection of civil aviation and persons employed in or using it:
            1. to undertake, or encourage or supervise, such experimental or research work in respect of any aspect of aviation security as the Director may specify:
              1. for the purpose of better carrying out any of its functions under this Act, to co-operate with the Police, government departments, airport authorities, operators, and authorities administering the airport security services of other countries, and with any appropriate international organisation:
                1. to provide security support services to the Police when requested by the Commissioner of Police, but only subject to the following conditions:
                  1. the Commissioner of Police is satisfied that the provision of those services to the New Zealand Police is necessary to enable the New Zealand Police to carry out its security duties; and
                    1. the Aviation Security Service is satisfied that the provision of those services to the New Zealand Police will not compromise aviation security:
                    2. to co-operate with, or to provide advice and assistance to, any government agency or local government agency when requested to do so by the Minister, but only if the Minister and the Aviation Security Service are satisfied that the performance of the functions and duties of the Aviation Security Service will not be compromised:
                      1. to exercise and perform such other functions and duties as may be conferred on it by any enactment.

                        Compare
                        • 1964 No 68 s 21B
                        • 1976 No 153 s 4
                        Notes
                        • Section 80 heading: amended, on , by section 13(1) of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 89).
                        • Section 80: amended, on , by section 13(2) of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 89).
                        • Section 80(a): substituted, on , by section 19 of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 15).
                        • Section 80(a)(ii): amended, on , by section 13(3) of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 89).
                        • Section 80(ab): inserted, on , by section 19 of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 15).
                        • Section 80(d): amended, on , by section 17 of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 90).
                        • Section 80(ea): inserted, on , by section 36 of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 8).
                        • Section 80(eb): inserted, on , by section 10 of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act (No 2) 2004 (2004 No 95).