1Aviation Transport Security (Prohibited Cargo—Syria) Instrument 2026

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Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

 

LIN 26/029

 

Aviation Transport Security (Prohibited Cargo—Syria) Instrument 2026

I, Tony Burke, Minister for Home Affairs, make the following instrument.

Dated 17 March 2026

Tony Burke

Minister for Home Affairs

 

 

 

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Definitions

5  Application

6  Prohibited cargo

7  Schedules

Schedule 1—Repeals

Aviation Transport Security (Prohibited Cargo—Syria) Instrument 2015

 

1  Name

  This instrument is the Aviation Transport Security (Prohibited Cargo—Syria) Instrument 2026.

2  Commencement

  This instrument commences on 1 April 2026.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under subsection 65B(1) of the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004.

4  Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004, including the following:

(a) Australian territory;

(b) aviation industry participant;

(c) cargo.

  In this instrument:

Act means the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004.

5  Application

  This instrument applies to aviation industry participants.

6  Prohibited cargo

  A person to whom this instrument applies must not bring, or cause to be brought, into Australian territory cargo that has originated from, or that has transited through, the Syrian Arab Republic.

7  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Repeals

Aviation Transport Security (Prohibited Cargo—Syria) Instrument 2015

1  The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.