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25.   Screening of persons and property

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

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25.   Screening of persons and property

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    (1)   A security officer, or an employee or agent of an air operator authorized by the air operator for the purpose of aviation security may, with the consent of any person intending to board any aircraft for a flight, carry out security screening of the person and his or her baggage before such person enters a security restricted area or boards any aircraft for the purpose of being carried by air.

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    (2)   An employee or agent of the air operator authorized by the air operator for the purpose of aviation security or any security officer may examine any cargo before the cargo is accepted for transport by air, or is loaded on to any aircraft for the purpose of being carried by air.

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    (3)   Where under subsection (l) a person has refused consent to aviation security screening of himself or herself or his or her baggage and a security officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that an aviation security offence in relation to an aircraft on which that person was to be carried has been, is being, or is likely to be, committed, whether by that person or by any other person, such security officer may, notify a member of the Police Force, on duty who may without warrant, search that person who has declined to allow himself or herself or his or her baggage to be screened.

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    (4)   The refusal of any person to allow himself or herself or his or her baggage to be screened under this section shall not of itself constitute grounds for suspecting that an offence relating to aircraft has been, is being, or is likely to be, committed.

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    (5)   A security officer who exercises the power of screening conferred by sub-section (1) shall be identifiable by wearing the appropriate uniform, or if he or she is not in uniform he or she shall produce to the person being screened evidence that he or she is a security officer.

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    (6)   Nothing found in the course of aviation security screening or examination made under subsection (1) or (2) is admissible as evidence in any criminal proceedings against the person who, or whose baggage, has been screened, or, as the case may be, the consignor of any cargo that has been examined, other than proceedings in respect of a security offence, or proceedings in respect of any indictable offence.

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