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Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)

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Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 111 : Aviation Security

111.01.4 Air Carrier Security Programme

 

(1) An air carrier shall designate an official responsible for execution of such air carrier’s security programme.

 

(2) An air carrier shall draw up a security programme which shall provide for—
(a) a line of command of an air carrier executive management for security related functions;
(b) a security structure of an air carrier and its charter of duties;
(c) receipt and dissemination of and accountability for security information circulars, reports, and surveys;
(d) procedures regarding the channels and methods of communication of information subject to section 107 of the Act;
(e) a description of an air carrier's activities together with a policy and procedures relating to the security of each activity;
(f) security measures in effect in regard to air carrier security, security control of passengers, hand baggage, checked baggage, cargo, mail, small parcels courier services, measures relating to certain categories of passengers including VIPs, diplomats, staff members, disabled passengers, inadmissible passengers, deportees and escorted passengers, carriage of firearms and weapons, security of aircraft, and security equipment;
(g) contingency and emergency plans in respect of acts of unlawful interference including unlawful seizure of aircraft, sabotage, extortion, bomb threats, and interference with staff, which must be in accordance with  airport security and contingency measures; and
(h) training of security staff.

 

(3) An application for the issuance or renewal of AOC or FOP by an air carrier shall be accompanied by such air carrier’s security programme.

 

(4) An FOP application made in terms of the International Air Services Act, 1993 (Act No 60 of 1993) shall be accompanied by a written supplementary station procedure for each local station to which such air carrier operates, that meets the relevant requirements of the NASP and provisions of this Part.

 

(5) A foreign air carrier shall—
(a) hold an air carrier security programme approved by an appropriate foreign authority;
(b) establish, implement, and maintain written supplementary station procedures for each local station to which an air carrier operates that meet the requirements of its security programme and the provisions of this Part;
(c) submit to the Director for approval, a supplementary station procedure for each local station referred to in paragraph (b);
(d) appoint a person responsible for the implementation and maintenance of its written supplementary station procedures;
(e) conduct a risk assessment for each local station at least once every two years; and
(f) adjust its security measures and procedures in accordance with the level of threat facing such foreign air carrier.

 

(6) An air carrier shall not accept catering stores and catering supplies from a service provider that does not have a security manual duly approved by the Director.

 

[Regulation 111.01.4 substituted by regulation 15(b) of Notice No. R. 3170, GG48228, dated 17 March 2023 (Twenty-Sixth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2023)]