250Seizure and detention of dangerous civil aviation goods

1. A Customs officer may seize and detain goods that are presented or located in the course of exercising any power of inspection, search, or examination under this Act, if he or she has cause to suspect on reasonable grounds that the goods—

2. are dangerous civil aviation goods that may not be lawfully transported on an aircraft; and
3. are proposed to be transported on an aircraft.

4. If a Customs officer detains goods under this section, he or she must, as soon as practicable, deliver those goods into the custody of—

5. the Aviation Security Service to be dealt with under section 149 of the Civil Aviation Act 2023 as if the goods are suspected by an aviation security officer under that section of being a relevant item or substance; or
6. the operator.

7. Once goods have been delivered under subsection (2), responsibility for them passes from Customs to the Aviation Security Service or the operator (as the case may be).

8. In this section,—

   Aviation Security Service has the meaning given to that term in section 5 of the Civil Aviation Act 2023

   dangerous civil aviation goods has the meaning given to dangerous goods in section 5 of the Civil Aviation Act 2023

   operator has the meaning given to that term in section 5 of the Civil Aviation Act 2023.

   relevant item or substance has the meaning given to that term in section 5 of the Civil Aviation Act 2023.