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Aviation Transport Security Act 2004
55Carrying prohibited items through a screening point
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#### 55 Carrying prohibited items through a screening point
Strict liability
(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person passes through a screening point; and
(b) the person has a prohibited item in his or her possession when he or she passes through the screening point; and
(c) the person is not;
(i) a law enforcement officer, an airport security guard or an aviation security inspector; or
(ii) authorised by the regulations, or permitted in writing by the Secretary, to pass through the screening point with the prohibited item in his or her possession.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.
General
(3) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person passes through a screening point; and
(b) the person has a prohibited item in his or her possession when he or she passes through the screening point; and
(c) the person is not;
(i) a law enforcement officer, an airport security guard or an aviation security inspector; or
(ii) authorised by the regulations, or permitted in writing by the Secretary, to pass through the screening point with the prohibited item in his or her possession.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.