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Name of instrument
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This instrument is the Aviation Transport Security (Prohibited Cargo—Turkey) Instrument 2017.
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Summary: This instrument bans aviation industry participants from bringing into Australia any electromechanical device (over 1 kg) that originated in, transited, or transferred through Turkey. It affects airlines, freight forwarders, shippers and cargo agents by creating a categorical prohibition on specified cargo movements and imposing compliance, documentation and routing responsibilities on those handling such items.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Aviation Transport Security (Prohibited Cargo—Turkey) Instrument 2017.
This instrument is the Aviation Transport Security (Prohibited Cargo—Turkey) Instrument 2017.
This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.
In this instrument:
Act means the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004.
Electromechanical device means an item of cargo greater than one kilogram in weight that incorporates an electric motor. An electromechanical device includes a whole device or separate components shipped together that, when assembled, constitute an electromechanical device.
Note: Expressions used in this instrument have the same meanings they have in the Act, including the following:
Australian territory;
aviation industry participant;
cargo.
This instrument applies to aviation industry participants.
A person to whom this instrument applies must not bring, or cause to be brought, into Australian territory cargo consisting of an electromechanical device that has originated from, or that has transited or transferred through, the Republic of Turkey.
Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
This instrument is the Aviation Transport Security (Prohibited Cargo—Turkey) Instrument 2017.
This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.
In this instrument:
Act means the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004.
Electromechanical device means an item of cargo greater than one kilogram in weight that incorporates an electric motor. An electromechanical device includes a whole device or separate components shipped together that, when assembled, constitute an electromechanical device.
Note: Expressions used in this instrument have the same meanings they have in the Act, including the following:
Australian territory;
aviation industry participant;
cargo.
This instrument applies to aviation industry participants.
A person to whom this instrument applies must not bring, or cause to be brought, into Australian territory cargo consisting of an electromechanical device that has originated from, or that has transited or transferred through, the Republic of Turkey.