Section 67

any aviation industry participant or class of aviation industry participants;

any person who is not an aviation industry participant, or any class of persons who are not aviation industry participants —

who operate, maintain, or service, or do any other act in respect of any aircraft, aeronautical product, aviation‑related service, air traffic service, or aeronautical procedure (whether or not at an airport); or

who have access to the airside, or to a protected area or protected place within an airport, for the purposes of any business carried on or service provided by the person or persons.

a security directive is given to a person, or to the class of persons to which the person belongs, under subsection (1);

the security directive is in force; and

the person fails to comply or do anything required of the person by the security directive,that person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to both.

to any specific aviation security incident requiring immediate action or additional security measures; or

to a change in the nature of an existing general threat of an act of unlawful interference, requiring immediate action or additional security measures,and in such case, the National Civil Aviation Security Authority may issue a verbal security directive to any person, which must be confirmed in writing as soon as practicable thereafter.

any measure, equipment and procedures to carry out screening or rescreening and clearing of —

any person boarding an aircraft; or

any baggage, cargo or other thing to be carried on an aircraft;

passenger check-in and boarding procedures, including procedures for dealing with —

diplomats and other special passengers, their diplomatic bags and baggage;

passengers with reduced mobility or a medical condition;

transit passengers, passengers in custody and suspect behaviour in passengers; and

anomalies in passenger reconciliation that may arise during check-in or boarding;

any security measures and procedures to be used within an airport, including measures —

to control access at the airport and maintain the integrity of access control systems;

to deter and detect unauthorised access into the airside area by people, aircraft, vehicles or things;

to deter and detect unauthorised access into the airside security zone by people, aircraft, vehicles or things;

to deter and detect unauthorised access into a landside security zone by people, vehicles or things;

to assess, identify and respond to unknown substances;

to investigate, secure, and remove unattended or suspect vehicles, aircraft or things, including baggage and cargo; and

to ensure the security of passwords, keys and key lists, electronic access cards and other security privileges;

any measure to deter unauthorised possession of firearms, weapons and other prohibited items in an airport or aircraft, including procedures —

for dealing with surrendered firearms, other weapons and prohibited items;

for handling and movement of firearms and other weapons; and

for using firearms and other weapons in the airside area or landside security zones;

any measure and procedures for responding to and investigating aviation security incidents and threats and breaches of aviation security, including measures by an aircraft operator or the pilot-in-command of an aircraft in Singapore —

to hold the aircraft in a particular position or within a particular area until specified actions are taken or until a specified event occurs;

to ensure that the aircraft leaves a particular place or a particular area;

to ensure that the aircraft lands at a particular place or within a particular area; or

to ensure that the aircraft lands outside of a particular area;

any measure and procedures —

for reporting aviation security incidents or security breaches, including occurrences that threaten the security of the airport or any aircraft in the airport;

for evacuation and emergency management in case of an aviation security incident, security threat or breach of security, including an aircraft hijacking, a bomb threat or a failure of critical security equipment; or

for responding to any security directive verbally given under subsection (5), including procedures to communicate the directive within the airport;

any measure and procedures to undertake reasonable searches of —

any person boarding an aircraft;

any thing to be carried on an aircraft;

any aircraft or class of aircraft, or any aerodrome or class of aerodromes or any navigation installation or class of navigation installations specified in a security directive; or

any unattended item, substance, or vehicle in an aerodrome or aircraft within an aerodrome;

any measure to seize any item or substance specified in a security directive if the person given the security directive (or the person’s agent) has reasonable grounds to believe that there is no lawful authority or reasonable excuse for the item or substance to be carried on an aircraft; and

any measure by an aircraft operator or the pilot‑in‑command of an aircraft in Singapore and that is not in flight —

to hold the aircraft in a particular position or within a particular area until specified actions are taken or until a specified event occurs;

to take particular actions, or ensure that particular actions are taken, on or in relation to an aircraft;

to take particular actions, or ensure that particular actions are taken, in relation to a person or thing on, or to be carried by, the aircraft; or

to allow any police officer, any aviation security inspector or any other person authorised by the NCASA to inspect the aircraft.[17D