# The Aviation Security and Piracy (Overseas Territories) Order 2000, Paragraph 21A: False statements relating to baggage, cargo etc.


(1) Subject to subsection (3) below, a person commits an offence if, in answer to a question which—
(a) relates to any baggage, cargo or stores (whether belonging to him or to another) that is or are intended for carriage by a civil aircraft registered or operating in the Territory, and
(b) is put to him for purposes to which this Part of this Act applies—
(i) by any of the persons mentioned in subsection (2) below,
(ii) by any employee or agent of such a person in his capacity as employee or agent, or
(iii) by a police officer,
he makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular, or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular.
(2) The persons referred to in subsection (1)(b) above are—
(a) the manager of an aerodrome in the Territory,
(b) the operator of one or more aircraft registered or operating in the Territory, and
(c) any person who—
(i) is permitted to have access to a restricted zone of an aerodrome for the purposes of the activities of a business carried on by him, and
(ii) has control in that restricted zone over the baggage, cargo or stores to which the question relates;
(d) any air cargo agent who is included on the list of security approved air cargo agents maintained by the Governor pursuant to regulations made under section 21F of this Act.
(3) Subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to any statement made by an authorised person in the exercise of the power conferred by section 20(2)(aa) of this Act.
(4) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) above shall be liable on conviction to a fine.
(5) In this section—
“cargo” includes mail;
“civil aircraft” has the same meaning as in section 3 of this Act; and
“stores” means goods intended for sale or use on an aircraft, including spare parts and other articles of equipment, whether or not for immediate fitting.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3059/schedule/2/paragraph/21A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/aviation-security-and-piracy-overseas-territories-order-2000/schedule-2/paragraph-21A
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