Aviation Legislation Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Act 2007 (Cth)

Aviation Legislation Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Act 2007

No. 131, 2007

An Act to amend legislation relating to aviation, and for related purposes

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s)

Schedule 1—Amendments Aviation Transport Security Act 2004 Civil Aviation Act 1988

Aviation Legislation Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Act 2007

No. 131, 2007

An Act to amend legislation relating to aviation, and for related purposes

[Assented to 20 August 2007]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Aviation Legislation Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Act 2007.

2 Commencement

This Act commences on the day after it receives the Royal Assent.

3 Schedule(s)

Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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 Subsection 7(2) Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(2) This Act does not make the Crown in right of the Commonwealth liable to be prosecuted for an offence.

2 Section 9 Insert:

eligible customs officer has the meaning given by subsection 89B(1).

3 Subsection 10(1) After "following done", insert ", or attempted to be done,".

4 At the end of paragraph 10(1)(a) Add "or by any trick or false pretence".

5 Paragraph 10(1)(g) After "false", insert "or misleading".

6 Subsection 19(4) Repeal the subsection, substitute:

Failure to approve program within consideration period

(4) If: (a) an aviation industry participant gives the Secretary a transport security program; and (b) the Secretary does not approve, or refuse to approve, the program within the consideration period; the Secretary is taken to have refused to approve the program at the end of that period.