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Civil Aviation Act 2023

Aviation security - Designations and security checks - Airside security areas

123: Providing evidence of identity and authority

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"Showing who you are and why you're in a secure airport area"

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If you are in an airside security area, a security person can ask you to tell them your name, address, and date of birth. You must also say why you are there and show you have permission to be in that area. You need to give proof of who you are and that you are allowed to be there. If you do not do what the security person asks, they can tell you to leave the area. If you do not leave, the security person can use force to remove you, but only if it is necessary, and they can also get help from others to do this. You can also be detained by an aviation security officer if you refuse to follow the rules, and after that, you will be taken to a constable, this is according to the rules in the section 166.

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

123Providing evidence of identity and authority

  1. A person in an airside security area or part of an airside security area must, on the request of an authorised security person,—

  2. state the person’s name, address, and date of birth, and the purpose of the person’s presence in the airside security area or part of an airside security area, and the person’s authority to enter it; and
    1. provide satisfactory evidence of the person’s stated name and authority to enter the area.

      1. An authorised security person may order a person to leave an airside security area or part of an airside security area if the person fails or refuses to comply with a requirement of subsection (1)(a) or (b) when requested.

      2. If a person fails or refuses without reasonable excuse to immediately comply with an order under subsection (2), an authorised security person, and any person whom the authorised security person calls to assist the authorised security person, may use such force that is reasonably necessary to remove the person.

      3. Any person who without reasonable excuse refuses to comply with a request or order under subsection (1) or (2) and, after having been warned that the person is committing an offence under section 166, persists in its commission may be detained by an aviation security officer.

      4. A person detained under subsection (4) must as soon as practicable be delivered to a constable.

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