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Civil Aviation Act 2023

Rules - Rules made by Minister or Governor-General - Power of Minister to make rules

56: Rules relating to safety and security

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"Rules to keep people safe when flying and using airports"

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The Minister can make rules about safety and security in aviation. You must follow these rules when you are using aerodromes or other aviation facilities. The Minister can make rules about things like identifying people and aircraft, preventing interference with aerodromes, and operating aircraft safely.

The Minister can also make general rules about how aircraft can be used, and how to prevent them from being a danger to people or property. This includes rules about carrying dangerous goods like firearms on planes. The Minister can make rules about security at aerodromes, like who can enter certain areas and what security requirements must be met.

The Minister has the power to make these rules under section 52. The rules can include things like security tiers for aerodromes and navigation installations, and requirements for each tier. The Minister can also make rules about security areas at aerodromes, including who can enter or remain in these areas.

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Rules made by Minister or Governor-General: Power of Minister to make rules

56Rules relating to safety and security

  1. The Minister may under section 52 make all or any of the following rules:

  2. rules providing for the use of aerodromes and other aviation-related facilities, including but not limited to the following:
    1. the provision of identification procedures for persons, aircraft, and any other aviation-related things:
      1. the prevention of interference with aerodromes and other aviation-related facilities:
      2. general operating rules, air traffic rules, and flight rules, including but not limited to the following:
        1. the conditions under which aircraft may be used or operated, or under which any act may be performed in or from an aircraft:
          1. the prevention of the operation of aircraft in a manner that endangers people or property:
          2. rules providing for the control of things likely to be hazardous to aviation safety, including but not limited to the following:
            1. the safe carriage of firearms and other dangerous or hazardous goods or substances by air:
              1. the construction, use, or operation of anything likely to be hazardous to aviation safety:
              2. rules providing for security tiers for aerodromes, including—
                1. specifying security tiers in addition to tier 1; and
                  1. providing for the security requirements applicable to tier 1 and any other security tier:
                  2. rules providing for security tiers for navigation installations and for the requirements applicable to each tier:
                    1. rules relating to security areas at aerodromes, including prescribing the persons or classes of persons who may enter, pass through, and remain in different types of security area.

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