38ARequirements for landside event zones

#### 38A Requirements for landside event zones (1) The regulations may, for the purposes of safeguarding against unlawful interference with aviation, prescribe requirements in relation to each type of landside event zone. (2) Without limiting the matters that may be dealt with by regulations made under subsection (1), the regulations may deal with the following: (a) access to landside event zones (including conditions of entry, the issue and use of security passes and other identification systems); (b) the patrolling of landside event zones; (c) the provision of lighting, fencing and storage facilities; (d) the identification or marking of landside event zones; (e) the approval of building works within, or adjacent to, landside event zones; (f) the screening of people, vehicles or goods (other than cargo) for entry to landside event zones; (fa) requirements relating to the entry of cargo to landside event zones; (g) the security checking (including background checking) of persons who have access to landside event zones; (h) the movement, management or operation of aircraft, vehicles and other machinery in landside event zones; (i) the maintenance of the integrity of landside event zones; (j) access to aircraft (including unattended aircraft) from landside event zones; (k) the management of people and goods (including the management of unaccompanied, unidentified or suspicious goods) in landside event zones; (l) the management (including the sale or disposal) of vehicles or goods abandoned in landside event zones. (3) Regulations made under this section may prescribe penalties for offences against those regulations. The penalties must not exceed: (a) for an offence committed by an airport operator, an aircraft operator or a screening authority—250 penalty units; or (b) for an offence committed by an aviation industry participant, other than an accredited air cargo agent or a participant covered by paragraph (a)—100 penalty units; or (c) for an offence committed by an accredited air cargo agent or any other person—50 penalty units. > Note: If a body corporate is convicted of an offence against regulations made under this section, subsection 4B(3) of the Crimes Act 1914 allows a court to impose fines of up to 5 times the penalties stated above.