Aviation Security Act 1982 (c. 36)

Part II U.K. Protection of Aircraft, Aerodromes and Air Navigation Installations Against Acts of Violence

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 2 power to apply (with modifications) conferred (in part) (26.11.2018) by Space Industry Act 2018 (c. 5), s. 70(1), Sch. 5 para. 2(2)(a) (with Sch. 5 para. 4(1)); S.I. 2018/1224, reg. 2(ddd)

C2 Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (1.9.1993) by S.I. 1993/1073, reg. 11 (as amended (21.7.2023) by The Aviation Security (Air Cargo Agents) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/727), regs. 1(2), 2)

C3 Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (6.12.2000) by S.I. 2000/3059, art. 3(1), Schs. 2, 3 (as amended (1.5.2016) by The Aviation Security and Piracy (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/369), arts. 3, 4)

C4 Pt. 2 applied in part (with modifications) (21.3.2024) by The Aviation Security (Air Cargo Agents) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/228), regs. 1(2), 10 (with reg. 12)

[F1 Air cargo agents] U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 21A-21G inserted by Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 (c. 31, SIF 39:2) , ss. 5-7

[F2 21FA Air cargo agents: documents U.K.

(1) A person commits an offence if with intent to deceive he issues a document which purports to be issued by a person on a list of approved air cargo agents maintained under section 21F(2)(a) of this Act.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both.]

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 21FA inserted (14.2.2002) by 2001 c. 24 , ss. 87 , 127(3)