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Division 4.1 Screening of passengers and cabin baggage

United Kingdom

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  1. 1..

    All originating, transfer and transit passengers and their cabin baggage shall be screened in order to prevent prohibited articles from being introduced into security restricted areas and on board an aircraft.

  2. 2..

    Transfer passengers and their cabin baggage may be exempted from screening, if:

    1. (a)

      F1they arrive from a domestic airport; or

    2. (b)

      they arrive from any other airport designated by the appropriate authority.

  3. 3..

    Transit passengers and their cabin baggage may be exempted from screening, if:

    1. (a)

      they remain on board the aircraft; or

    2. (b)

      they do not mix with screened departing passengers other than those who board the same aircraft; or

    3. (c)

      F2they arrive from a domestic airport; or

    4. (d)

      they arrive from any other airport designated by the appropriate authority.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Annex 1 point 4.1(a)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Aviation Security (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/547), regs. 1, 26(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2

Annex 1 point 4.1(c)(d) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Aviation Security (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/547), regs. 1, 26(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Notes on the whole EU Regulation

Textual amendments

F1

Regulation title amended (31.12.2020) by The Aviation Security (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/547), regs. 1, 4; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Notes on Annex I

Textual amendments

F1

Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 18/2010 of 8 January 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as far as specifications for national quality control programmes in the field of civil aviation security are concerned.

F2

Word in Annex 1 heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Aviation Security (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/547), regs. 1, 23; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)