Singapore legislation
Section 64
Section 64
National Civil Aviation Security Authority
(1)
The Minister must appoint a public officer or a statutory authority established by any public Act for a public purpose as the National Civil Aviation Security Authority.
(2)
The National Civil Aviation Security Authority is, in consultation with the Authority and the National Civil Aviation Security Committee, responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of the National Civil Aviation Security Programme or NCASP in Singapore to safeguard civil aviation operations against acts of unlawful interference.
(3)
Without limiting subsection (2), the functions of the National Civil Aviation Security Authority are —
to define and allocate tasks and coordinate activities between aviation industry participants, persons engaged in civil aviation related activities, the departments, agencies and organisations of Singapore and other entities concerned with or responsible for the implementation of various aspects of the NCASP;
to require any aviation industry participants that are prescribed by any aviation security regulations to have an aviation security programme to develop, and comply with, aviation security programmes in accordance with the requirements in those regulations and to review and approve these aviation security programmes;
to ensure the development and implementation of a programme known as the National Civil Aviation Security Training Programme for the training of personnel of all entities involved with or responsible for the implementation of various aspects of the NCASP;
to develop, implement and maintain a programme known as the National Civil Aviation Security Quality Control Programme to determine compliance with and validate the effectiveness of the NCASP;
to advise and make recommendations to the Minister on matters relating to civil aviation security, including the implementation of international conventions entered into by or on behalf of Singapore and any revision to any written law arising from that implementation; and
to carry out any other functions relating to aviation security that may be prescribed under any aviation security regulations.
(4)
Notice of every appointment under subsection (1) must be published in the Gazette.
(5)
The National Civil Aviation Security Authority may, in writing, and subject to any conditions or restrictions that it thinks fit, delegate all or any of its powers under this Part or any aviation security regulations to any aviation security inspector or public officer, or to any officer or employee of the National Civil Aviation Security Authority who carries on activities that relate to national security, except the power of delegation conferred by this section.
(6)
Any power delegated under subsection (5) to an aviation security inspector, a public officer or an officer or employee of the National Civil Aviation Security Authority may be performed or exercised by the inspector, officer or employee to whom the power has been delegated in the name and on behalf of the National Civil Aviation Security Authority.
(7)
No delegation under this section prevents the performance or exercise of any function, duty or power by the National Civil Aviation Security Authority.
(8)
The National Civil Aviation Security Authority must appoint in writing —
such number of police officers; and
such other individuals (whether or not public officers) each with suitable qualifications and experience to properly exercise the powers of an aviation security inspector,to be aviation security inspectors for the purposes of this Part.
(9)
The National Civil Aviation Security Authority must issue to each aviation security inspector an identification card, which must be carried at all times by the aviation security inspector when exercising powers under any provision in this Part or any aviation security regulations.[17A