Regulation 3 Amendment of the Aviation Security Act 1982

(1)

Part II (protection of aircraft, aerodromes and air navigation installations against acts of violence) of the Aviation Security Act 1982^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 10, for subsection (4), substitute—

“(4)

In subsection (3) “acts of unlawful interference” has the same meaning as in the 12th edition of Annex 17^f2 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, which was signed at Chicago on 7 December 1944^f3”.

(3)

In section 24A(1)—

(a)

at the appropriate places, insert—

““access control” means the application of means by which the entry of unauthorised persons or unauthorised vehicles, or both, may be prevented,”;

““security control” means the application of means by which the introduction of weapons, explosives or other dangerous devices, articles or substances which may be used to commit acts of unlawful interference within the meaning of section 10(4) of this Act may be prevented,”;

(b)

omit the definition of “Framework Regulation”;

(c)

for the definition of “security restricted area”, substitute—

““security restricted area” means any area of an aerodrome, or of an air navigation installation which does not form part of an aerodrome, in relation to which—

(a)

a designation has effect under section 11A of this Act, or

(b)

access control and other security controls are applied.”.

(4)

Omit section 24A(3).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1982 c. 36, amended by S.I. 2010/902.
f2: Entitled “Safeguarding International Civil Aviation against Acts of Unlawful Interference” and published in July 2022. A copy of this can be accessed and viewed for free online at the International Civil Aviation Organization’s electronic library: https://elibrary.icao.int/home. A hard copy document is available for inspection by appointment only at the offices of the Department for Transport (DfT) - Aviation Security Strategy and Policy Division, Transport Security Directorate, Department for Transport, 4th Floor, Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London. SW1P 4DR. Contact the DfT in writing at either this address or email [email protected] to make an arrangement to view.
f3: Treaty Series No. 8 (1953); Cmd. 8742. An electronic copy of this Convention can be found at: https://www2023.icao.int/publications/Documents/7300_cons.pdf. A hard copy is available for inspection by appointment only under Catalogue Reference: HL/PO/JO/10/11/273/631 at the Parliamentary Archives, Houses of Parliament, London SW1A 0PW.