Regulation 3 List of approved air cargo agents

(1)

The Secretary of State may maintain a list of air cargo agents who are approved for purposes relating to aviation security.

(2)

The list of security approved air cargo agents may be divided into categories of air cargo agents. In particular, an air cargo agent may be listed as—

(a)

a Regulated Agent;

(b)

a Known Consignor; or

(c)

a Regulated Supplier.

(3)

Where an air cargo agent has multiple sites that handle cargo and multiple sites have been approved by the Secretary of State following applications in accordance with regulation 4 (2), those sites must be maintained as individual entries on the list of security approved air cargo agents.

(4)

The Secretary of State may include an air cargo agent to the list of security approved air cargo agents for the following maximum durations—

(a)

for Regulated Agents, five years;

(b)

for Known Consignors, 18 months; and

(c)

for Regulated Suppliers, five years.