PART 5
SECURITY
23. Security
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(1) This Part applies to the protection against acts of violence of:
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(a) aircraft, and of persons or property on board aircraft;
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(b) airports, and of such persons or property at any time present in any part of an airport or (in the case of property) for part of an airport or is at any time whether permanently or temporarily in any part of the airport; and
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€ air navigation installations that do not form part of an airport.
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(2) In this Part,
“act of violence” means:
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(a) any act committed in Saint Lucia that constitutes the offence of murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, assault or any offence against the person under the Criminal Code; and
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(b) any act committed in violation of the ICAO Conventions when committed on board an aircraft:
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(i) registered in Saint Lucia or in aircraft under the control of a person who is operating an aircraft under the authority of a civil aviation document issued pursuant to this Act;
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(ii) operating in Saint Lucia;
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(iii) operating outside Saint Lucia that lands next in Saint Lucia where the pilot in command turns the alleged offender over to the authorities in Saint Lucia.
“aviation security offence” means an offence against this Part or any security regulation made under this Act; and
“in flight” means any period from the moment when all aircraft external doors are closed following embarkation until the moment when any such door is open for disembarkation and, in the case of a forced landing due to unlawful interference with the flight, any period until the competent authorities take over responsibility for the aircraft and for persons and property on board the aircraft.