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Civil Aviation Act 2023

Aviation security - Designations and security checks - Airside security areas

122: Entry into airside security area

You could also call this:

"Who can enter the secure area at an airport"

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To enter an airside security area, you must be one of the allowed people. You can be a police officer or an aviation security officer on official duties. You can also be someone who is authorised by the Director or the aerodrome operator and has proof of who you are.

The proof of identity you need is what the rules say you need or what the Director approves. If you are a passenger going through a special gateway, you might not need to show your proof of identity. You can also pass through without proof of identity if the rules allow you to.

If you want to know more about the old rules, you can look at the 1990 law.

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

122Entry into airside security area

  1. Except as provided in this section, only the following persons may enter or remain in any airside security area or part of an airside security area:

  2. a constable on official duties or an aviation security officer on official duties:
    1. a person who is—
      1. authorised by the Director or a person acting under the authority of the operator of the aerodrome or navigation installation; and
        1. bearing, in accordance with any requirements specified in the rules, evidence of the person’s identity:
        2. a person or class of persons approved by the Director for the purpose of this section.

          1. The evidence of identity required by subsection (1)(b)(ii) must be the evidence of identity required under the rules or approved by the Director under the rules.

          2. Despite subsection (1),—

          3. a passenger embarking or disembarking directly through a gateway or thoroughfare in an aerodrome approved for that purpose by the aerodrome manager may pass through an airside security area or part of an airside security area forming part of the gateway or thoroughfare without the evidence of identity referred to in subsection (1)(b)(ii):
            1. a person allowed under the rules may pass through an airside security area or part of an airside security area without the evidence of identity referred to in subsection (1)(b)(ii).

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