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Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)

Chapter 6

Part 5 : Aviation Security

111. Aviation participants required to have aviation security program

[Section 111 heading substituted by section 29(a) of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act, 2021, Notice No. 956, GG46205, dated 6 April 2022, by Commencement Proclamation Notice 354, GG55536, dated 12 October 2026]

 

(1) The following aviation participants are required to develop and implement an aviation security program:

[Words preceding section 111(1)(a) substituted by section 29(b) of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act, 2021, Notice No. 956, GG46205, dated 6 April 2022, by Commencement Proclamation Notice 354, GG55536, dated 12 October 2026]

(b) the Air Traffic and Navigation Services Company Limited contemplated in section 2 of Air Traffic and Navigation Services Company Act, 1993 (Act No. 45 of 1993);
(c) any air carrier; and
(d) any other aviation participant designated by the Minister from time to time in the Gazette.

 

(2) Any aviation participant who fails to comply with subsection (1) or fails to comply with the aviation security program instituted in terms of subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and on conviction liable to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years or to both such fine and imprisonment.

[Section 111(2) substituted by section 29(c) of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act, 2021, Notice No. 956, GG46205, dated 6 April 2022, by Commencement Proclamation Notice 354, GG55536, dated 12 October 2026]