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Civil Aviation Act 2023

Aviation security - Designations and security checks - Airside security areas

121: Airside security areas

You could also call this:

"Areas at airports with extra security measures to keep people safe"

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The Director can choose an area inside a special aerodrome or navigation installation and mark it as an airside security area with signs around the edge. You will know it is an airside security area because of the signs the Director puts up. The Director has the power to decide which areas are airside security areas.

The Director can also pick a part of the airside security area and declare it a security enhanced area, and they will let people know about this in an appropriate way. This means some areas will have extra security measures in place. The Director decides which areas need extra security.

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Part 5Aviation security
Designations and security checks: Airside security areas

121Airside security areas

  1. The Director may declare, by a sign or signs affixed at the perimeter of the area, that an area within any security designated aerodrome or security designated navigation installation is an airside security area.

  2. The Director may declare, by appropriate notification, that an area within an airside security area is a security enhanced area.

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