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1Citation and commencement#
These Regulations may be cited as the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Exemption) (Aviation Security) Regulations 2010 and shall come into force on 14th January 2011.
3Exemption in respect of aviation security services#
A person who engages in licensable conduct in the circumstances prescribed in regulation 4 shall not be guilty of an offence under section 3 of the 2001 Act (conduct prohibited without a licence) if he conducts that licensable conduct in those prescribed circumstances.
4Prescribed circumstances#
(1)The circumstances prescribed for the purposes of this regulation are those where a person is provided to implement or be responsible for the implementation of screening, access control or other security controls on behalf of—
(a)an operator of one or more aircraft registered or operating in the United Kingdom,
(b)a manager of an aerodrome in the United Kingdom,
(c)an occupier of any land forming part of an aerodrome in the United Kingdom,
(d)a person who is permitted, within the meaning of section 24A(2) of the Aviation Security Act 1982, to have access to a security restricted area of such an aerodrome for the purposes of the activities of a business carried on by them, or
(e)an air cargo agent,
for purposes to which Part 2 of the Aviation Security Act 1982 (protection of aircraft, aerodromes and air navigation installations against acts of violence) applies.
(2)In this regulation—• “access control” means the application of means by which the entry of unauthorised persons or unauthorised vehicles, or both, may be prevented;• “air cargo agent” has the meaning given in section 21F of the Aviation Security Act 1982;• “prohibited articles” means weapons, explosives or other dangerous devices, articles or substances that may be used to commit an act of unlawful interference that jeopardises the security of civil aviation within the meaning of section 10(4) of the Aviation Security Act 1982;• “screening” means the application of technical or other means which are intended to identify or detect prohibited articles;• “security control” means the application of means by which the introduction of prohibited articles may be prevented; and• “security restricted area” has the meaning given in section 24A of the Aviation Security Act 1982.
5Revocation of the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Exemption) (Aviation Security) Regulations 2006 and other amending Regulations#
The following are revoked:
(a)the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Exemption) (Aviation Security) Regulations 2006;
(b)regulation 2 of the Private Security Industry Act 2001 Regulations (Amendment) Regulations 2007; and
(c)the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Exemption) (Aviation Security) Regulations 2006 (Amendment) Regulations 2009.
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