Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2
Schedule 1—Amendments 3
Aviation Transport Security Act 2004 3
Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003 4
A Bill for an Act to amend legislation relating to transport security, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act is the Transport Security Legislation Amendment Act 2016.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Commencement information |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. The whole of this Act | The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. | |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
3 Schedules
Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
Aviation Transport Security Act 2004
1 Paragraphs 35(2)(f), 36(2)(f) and 36A(2)(f)
After “for entry to”, insert “, or that are in,”.
2 Subsection 41(1)
Omit all the words after “made under”, substitute:
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(a) in preparation for boarding an aircraft; or
(b) in order to enter or remain in an area or zone within a security controlled airport.
3 Subparagraph 41A(1)(b)(ii)
After “enter”, insert “or remain in”.
4 Subsection 42(1)
Omit all the words after “made under”, substitute:
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(a) in preparation for being taken on board an aircraft; or
(b) in order to be taken into or remain in an area or zone within a security controlled airport.
5 Subsection 43(1)
Omit all the words after “made under”, substitute:
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(a) in preparation for being taken on board an aircraft; or
(b) in order to enter or remain in an area or zone within a security controlled airport.
6 Subsection 44(3)
After “(2)(aa)”, insert “, (2)(i)”.
7 Subsection 127(2)
Omit “who holds, or is acting in, an Executive Level 2, or equivalent, position”.
Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003
8 Subsection 202(2)
Omit “who holds, or is acting in, an Executive Level 2, or equivalent, position”.