Air Navigation (Aviation Security) Order

to any aircraft registered or operating in Singapore for the purpose of commercial air transport, general aviation or aerial work operations;

to any aircraft operator operating any aircraft in Singapore for all or any of the purposes specified in sub-paragraph (a);

to any airport in Singapore which is used for all or any of the purposes specified in sub-paragraph (a); and

to any airport operator operating an airport in Singapore for all or any of the purposes specified in sub-paragraph (a).

an airport operator;

an aircraft operator; or

any person who carries on any business at an airport, or who provides any goods, service or facility to an airport operator or aircraft operator,require that person to inform the Commissioner of the security measures, of a description specified in the notice, which are being taken in respect of an airport or aircraft to which this Order applies, or in respect of the business carried on or service provided at the airport, as the case may be.

any further measures are taken, in respect of that airport, aircraft or business carried on or service provided at the airport to which the information so furnished relates, as the case may be, either —

by way of alteration of, or addition to, the security measures specified in any information previously furnished by him under this paragraph; or

by way of applying any security measures so specified to the airport, aircraft, or business carried on or service provided at the airport, not comprised in the previous information; or

any measures taken as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) or in sub-paragraph (a) are discontinued.

refuses or, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement imposed on him by a notice under this paragraph; or

in furnishing any information so required, makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular, or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

to any place in Singapore; or

to any aircraft to which this Order applies at a time when it is in Singapore.

whether to issue a security directive to any aircraft operator or airport operator under paragraph 7(1) or any person under paragraph 8(1);

whether the requirements of the NCASP are being or have been complied with; or

whether a security directive issued under paragraph 7(1) or 8(1) is being or has been complied with.

to subject any part of an airport, any property found by him in an aircraft (but not the aircraft itself or any apparatus or equipment installed therein), any property found by him in an airport, or any property found by him in any other place at which the survey, test, inspection or audit, as the case may be, is conducted, to such tests; or

to require the aircraft operator, airport operator or any person carrying on any business or providing any service at the airport or other place, to furnish to him such information,as the authorised person may consider necessary for the purposes for which the survey, test, inspection or audit is carried out.

for the purpose of inspecting an aircraft, to enter it and to take all such steps as are necessary to detain it; or

for the purpose of inspecting any part of an airport, to enter any building or works in the airport or enter upon any land in the airport.

wilfully obstructs or impedes any authorised person acting in the exercise of a power conferred on him by or under this paragraph;

refuses or, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement imposed on him under sub-paragraph (2)(b);

in furnishing any information so required under sub-paragraph (2)(b) makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular, or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular; or

falsely pretends to be an authorised person,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

a police officer of or above the rank of staff sergeant who is deployed in the Airport Police Division of the Singapore Police Force; or

any person authorised in writing by the Commissioner.

to establish and implement the NCASP in consultation with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and the National Civil Aviation Security Committee established under paragraph 5;

to define and allocate tasks and co-ordinate activities between the departments, agencies and organisations of Singapore, providers of air traffic services, airport operators and aircraft operators, and other entities concerned with or responsible for the implementation of various aspects of the NCASP;

to make available to providers of air traffic services, airport operators and aircraft operators operating in Singapore and other entities concerned with or responsible for the implementation of the NCASP, the relevant portions of the NCASP;

to review and maintain the effectiveness of the NCASP, including the re-evaluation of security measures following an act of unlawful interference and taking such action as may be necessary to remedy weaknesses so as to prevent recurrence;

to review and approve the airport security programmes and operator security programmes required under paragraph 6;

to ensure that the airport security services at airports are provided with the necessary facilities, including office space, telecommunications equipment, appropriate security equipment and training facilities;

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 written law arising therefrom;

to ensure that airport design requirements, including architectural and infrastructure-related requirements necessary for the implementation of the security measures in the NCASP, are integrated into the design and construction of new facilities and any alteration to existing facilities at an airport;

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 require the maintenance of records of any security incident or non-compliance with the requirements of the NCASP; and

to ensure a rapid response to meet any increased security threat to civil aviation.

a chairman and a deputy chairman to be appointed by the Minister; and

such number of representatives from the departments, agencies and organisations of Singapore, providers of air traffic services, airport operators and aircraft operators, and other entities concerned with or responsible for the implementation of various aspects of the NCASP, as the chairman of the Committee may determine, such representatives to be nominated by their respective departments, agencies, organisations, operators and entities.

advise the National Civil Aviation Security Authority on civil aviation security policy, strategic matters and decisions, and the measures necessary to meet threats to civil aviation;

continually review such measures and make recommendations for changes in response to information on new threats, developments in aviation security technology and techniques and other relevant factors;

co-ordinate aviation security measures among departments, agencies and organisations of Singapore, providers of air traffic services, airport operators and aircraft operators, and other entities concerned with or responsible for the implementation of various aspects of the NCASP;

promote security considerations in the design of new airports or alterations to existing facilities;

recommend the promulgation of, and co-ordinate the implementation of changes in, national aviation security policies, in consultation with the National Civil Aviation Security Authority; and

consider recommendations made by airport security committees and, where appropriate, recommend changes to the NCASP or airport security programmes and operator security programmes required under paragraph 6, to the National Civil Aviation Security Authority.

establish such sub-committees as the Committee sees fit to assist the Committee in the discharge of its functions;

appoint such persons as the Committee sees fit as members of any such sub-committee; and

consult with such other persons as the Committee sees fit.

shall establish, implement and maintain an airport security programme for the airport in accordance with the requirements of the NCASP; and

shall submit that airport security programme to the National Civil Aviation Security Authority for approval,and any airport security programme for an airport that on 26th September 2012 has the approval of the National Civil Aviation Security Authority shall be deemed to have been established and submitted pursuant to a direction in writing under this sub-paragraph.

preventing or deterring the introduction or unauthorised carriage on board any aircraft of any firearm, ammunition, weapon, incendiary device or explosive, or other substance or thing that, by reason of its nature or condition, may endanger the safety of the aircraft or the safety of persons or property on board the aircraft;

controlling access to the airside and any security restricted area to prevent unauthorised entry;

preventing any person from having unauthorised access to any aircraft;

identifying and screening persons and vehicles having access to security restricted areas;

pre-boarding screening of originating and transfer passengers and their cabin baggage;

protecting passengers and their cabin baggage from unauthorised interference from the point of screening until the point of boarding the aircraft on which they are to be carried;

identification, accountability and authorisation of all hold baggage for carriage, screening of all hold baggage and protection from unauthorised interference from the point of screening or acceptance by the aircraft operator, whichever is the earlier, until the departure of the aircraft on which the hold baggage is carried;

ensuring that all baggage, mail and other cargo to be taken on board any aircraft is accepted for that purpose only by an employee or other duly authorised agent or representative of the aircraft operator;

ensuring that all cargo, mail, catering, stores and supplies are subjected to appropriate security controls (including screening) prior to being loaded onto an aircraft and are thereafter protected from unauthorised interference until the departure of the aircraft;

ensuring that disembarking passengers do not leave items on board an aircraft;

ensuring that unauthorised persons are prevented from entering the flight crew compartment of an aircraft during flight;

ensuring the protection of aircraft, and of persons and property on board the aircraft, against damage or injury where, because of a threat or warning having been received or otherwise, there is reason to believe that there exists a danger to the safety of the aircraft or to the safety of those persons or that property;

developing requirements for the carriage of special categories of passengers, including law enforcement officers and in-flight security officers and their carriage of weapons on board an aircraft; and

ensuring compliance with the NCASP, the airport security programme or operator security programme approved under paragraph 6, as the case may be, the National Aviation Security Training Programme and such other requirements as the Commissioner may deem necessary for the implementation of aviation security measures.

who carries on any business or provides any goods, service or facility in relation to an airport or aircraft to which this Order applies (whether or not those goods or that service or facility is located at the airport); or

who has access to the airside, a protected area or protected place in such an airport for the purposes of the business carried on or service provided by him,requiring that person to take such security measures as may be specified in the security directive.

in relation to such aircraft or class of aircraft, or in relation to such persons or property or such description of persons or property; and

on such occasion or series of occasions, or for such period,as the Commissioner may specify; and the security directive shall have effect in that case subject to any exceptions so specified.

to any person authorised by that person to receive any such security directive or notification;

where that person is a body corporate, to the secretary or similar officer of the body corporate; and

in any other case, to anyone holding a comparable office or position in that person’s employment.

confirming the security directive as originally given;

confirming the security directive subject to one or more modifications specified in the notice under this sub-paragraph; or

withdrawing the security directive.

specifying the general requirement of the security directive with which he has, in the opinion of the Commissioner, failed to comply; and

specifying, subject to paragraph 12, the measures that ought to be taken in order to comply with that requirement.

has been included in 2 or more security directives issued to different persons (whether or not at the same time); and

is framed in general terms applicable to all persons to whom those security directives are issued.

that the general requirements of the security directive which are specified in the enforcement notice for the purposes of paragraph 11(1) have been complied with;

that the enforcement notice purports to impose a requirement which is not imposed by the security directive to which the enforcement notice relates, or could not have been imposed by a security directive issued under the provision under which that security directive was issued; or

that any requirement of the enforcement notice —

is unnecessary for complying with the general requirements referred to in sub-paragraph (a) and should be dispensed with; or

having regard to the terms of those general requirements, is excessively onerous or inconvenient and should be modified in a manner specified in the notice of objection under sub-paragraph (1).

confirming the enforcement notice as originally given;

confirming the enforcement notice subject to one or more modifications specified in the notice under this sub-paragraph; or

withdrawing the enforcement notice.

may be revoked by a notice served on him by the Commissioner; and

may be varied by a further enforcement notice.

relates to any baggage, cargo, mail or stores (whether belonging to him or to another) that is or are intended for carriage by an aircraft registered or operating in Singapore; and

is put to him by any of the persons mentioned in sub-paragraph (2),he makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular, or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular.

any police officer;

any officer of customs appointed under the Customs Act (Cap. 70);

any immigration officer appointed under the Immigration Act (Cap. 133);

any officer, employee or agent of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore;

the aircraft operator or any employee or agent of such a person in his capacity as employee or agent; and

any person who —

is permitted to have access to the airside, protected area or protected place in an airport for the purposes of any business carried on or service provided by him; and

has control in that airside, protected area or protected place over the baggage, cargo, mail or stores to which the question relates,or any employee or agent of such a person in his capacity as employee or agent.

get into or onto an aircraft which is at an airport to which this Order applies except with the permission of the aircraft operator or a person acting on his behalf; or

remain on such an aircraft after being requested to leave by the aircraft operator or a person acting on his behalf.