Aviation Transport Security Amendment Regulation 2013 (No. 1) (Cth)

Aviation Transport Security Amendment Regulation 2013 (No. 1)

Select Legislative Instrument No. 47, 2013

I, Quentin Bryce, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004.

Dated              28 March 2013

Quentin Bryce

Governor‑General

By Her Excellency’s Command

Anthony Albanese

Minister for Infrastructure and Transport

Contents

1............ Name of regulation............................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority............................................................................................ 1

4............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 1

Schedule 1—Amendments                                                                            2

Aviation Transport Security Regulations 2005                                           2

1Name of regulation

This regulation is the Aviation Transport Security Amendment Regulation 2013 (No. 1).

2Commencement

This regulation commences on the day after it is registered.

3Authority

This regulation is made under the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004.

4Schedule(s)

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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

Aviation Transport Security Regulations 2005

1  Subregulation 6.37G(5) (example)

Omit “6.38C(3)”, substitute “6.38C(4)”.

2  After Part 6

Insert:

Part 6A—Information‑gathering

6A.01  Aviation security information—statistical information about VICs

(1) For subsection 111(1) of the Act, statistical information relating to the issue of VICs is aviation security information if the information is not personal information (within the meaning of the Privacy Act 1988) or security compliance information.

            (2)  Without limiting subregulation (1), the statistical information may include the following:

                    (a)  the number of VICs that were issued during a specified period;

                    (b)  the number of people who were issued a VIC during a specified period;

                    (c)  the number of people who were issued more than one VIC during a specified period;

                    (d)  the number of people who were issued a VIC for more than a specified number of days during a specified period;

                    (e)  the number of VICs that were issued during a specified period to a person without the person confirming his or her identity because the VIC issuer (within the meaning given by subregulation 6.01(1)) determined that there were exceptional circumstances under paragraph 6.38C(3)(c);

                     (f)  the number of VICs that were issued during a specified period relying on regulation 6.38G, 6.38H or 6.38I;

                    (g)  the number of VICs that were not returned in accordance with regulation 6.45 during a specified period;

                    (h)  the number of VICs that were lost, stolen or destroyed during a specified period;

                     (i)  the information mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (h) for VICs issued by an agent (within the meaning given by subregulation 6.01(1)).