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Division (1) Chapter 1 is amended as follows:

United Kingdom

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

  1. (a)

    the following point 1.0.5 is added:

    ‘1.0.5.

    References to third countries in this chapter and where applicable in a separate Commission Decision include other countries and territories to which, in accordance with Article 355 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Title VI of that Treaty does not apply.’;

  2. (b)

    point 1.3.1.7 is deleted;

  3. (c)

    the following point 1.6 is added:

    ‘1.6.

    PROHIBITED ARTICLES

    1.6.1.

    Persons other than passengers shall not be permitted to carry into security restricted areas the articles listed in Attachment 1-A.

    1.6.2.

    An exemption to point 1.6.1 may be granted on condition that the person is authorised to carry prohibited articles into security restricted areas in order to undertake tasks that are essential for the operation of airport facilities or of aircraft, or for performing in-flight duties.

    1.6.3.

    In order to allow reconciliation of the person authorised to carry one or more articles as listed in Attachment 1-A with the article carried:

    1. (a)

      the person shall have an authorisation and shall carry it. The authorisation shall either be indicated on the identification card that grants access to security restricted areas or on a separate declaration in writing. The authorisation shall indicate the article(s) that may be carried, either as a category or as a specific article. If the authorisation is indicated on the identification card, then it shall be recognisable on a need-to-know basis; or

    2. (b)

      a system shall be in place at the security checkpoint indicating which persons are authorised to carry which article(s), either as a category or as a specific article.

    Reconciliation shall be performed before the person is allowed to carry the article(s) concerned into security restricted areas or on board an aircraft, or upon being challenged by persons performing surveillance or patrols under point 1.5.1 (c).

    1.6.4.

    Articles as listed in Attachment 1-A may be stored in security restricted areas provided they are kept in secure conditions. Articles as listed in points (c), (d) and (e) of Attachment 4-C may be stored in security restricted areas provided they are not accessible to passengers.’;

  4. (d)

    the following Attachment 1-A is added:

    ‘ATTACHMENT 1-A

    PERSONS OTHER THAN PASSENGERS

    LIST OF PROHIBITED ARTICLES

    1. (a)

      guns, firearms and other devices that discharge projectiles — devices capable, or appearing capable, of being used to cause serious injury by discharging a projectile, including:

      • firearms of all types, such as pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns,

      • toy guns, replicas and imitation firearms capable of being mistaken for real weapons,

      • component parts of firearms, excluding telescopic sights,

      • compressed air and CO2 guns, such as pistols, pellet guns, rifles and ball bearing guns,

      • signal flare pistols and starter pistols,

      • bows, cross bows and arrows,

      • harpoon guns and spear guns,

      • slingshots and catapults;

    2. (b)

      stunning devices — devices designed specifically to stun or immobilise, including:

      • devices for shocking, such as stun guns, tasers and stun batons,

      • animal stunners and animal killers,

      • disabling and incapacitating chemicals, gases and sprays, such as mace, pepper sprays, capsicum sprays, tear gas, acid sprays and animal repellent sprays;

    3. (c)

      explosives and incendiary substances and devices — explosives and incendiary substances and devices capable, or appearing capable, of being used to cause serious injury or to pose a threat to the safety of aircraft, including:

      • ammunition,

      • blasting caps,

      • detonators and fuses,

      • replica or imitation explosive devices,

      • mines, grenades and other explosive military stores,

      • fireworks and other pyrotechnics,

      • smoke-generating canisters and smoke-generating cartridges,

      • dynamite, gunpowder and plastic explosives;

    4. (d)

      any other article capable of being used to cause serious injury and which is not commonly used in security restricted areas, e.g. martial arts equipment, swords, sabres, etc.’;