41A  Consent to screening procedures

             (1)  If:

                     (a)  a person is at a screening point; and

                     (b)  the person must receive clearance in order:

                              (i)  to board an aircraft; or

                             (ii)  to enter an area or zone of a security controlled airport that is referred to in Division 2 of Part 3;

the person is taken, for all purposes, to consent to each screening procedure that may be conducted at the screening point in accordance with regulations made under section 44.

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply to a screening procedure if:

                     (a)  the procedure is a frisk search; or

                     (b)  the person refuses to undergo the procedure.

2  Paragraph 44(2)(aa)

Omit “things”, substitute “the persons or things”.

3  After subsection 44(3)

Insert:

          (3A)  Without limiting paragraph (2)(j), the equipment to be used for screening may include the following:

                     (a)  metal detection equipment;

                     (b)  explosive trace detection equipment;

                     (c)  body scanning equipment such as an active millimetre wave body scanner.

          (3B)  If:

                     (a)  body scanning equipment is to be used for the screening of a person; and

                     (b)  the equipment produces an image of the person;

the image must only be a generic body image that is gender-neutral and from which the person cannot be identified.

4  Section 95A

Repeal the section.