Civil Aviation Security Programme to take effect in July

The Chief Executive issued a dispatch on the Civil Aviation Security Programme (MCASP), which stipulates the statutory requirements for the protection of civil aviation security activities from unlawful interference.

The program will come into effect on July 1.

Published yesterday in the Official Gazette, the program aims to establish civil aviation security legal requirements to safeguard the security operations of the city’s aviation against acts of unlawful interference.

In accordance with Article 8 of the Administrative Regulation No. 16/2022 – “Air Transport Facilitation and Civil Aviation Security Systems,” the Civil Aviation Authority (AACM) worked on the drafting of the MCASP which stipulates the statutory requirements for the protection of civil aviation security activities from unlawful interference.

The program ensures compliance with the standards and recommended practices of civil aviation security set out in international conventions, as well as the application of the relevant provisions of the city’s laws and regulations.

The program shall apply to all the activities within an aerodrome located in the SAR or in an aircraft registered or operated in Macau, as well as all the activities related to the provision of goods or services to or through aerodromes located in the SAR by entities that apply civil aviation security standards and requirements and operate from facilities located inside or outside those aerodromes.

The AACM is the competent authority for civil aviation security activities.

“All operators within the scope of application are required to develop their own security programs in accordance with the requirements of the MCASP and submit their programmes and any subsequent changes to the AACM for approval,” according to the dispatch.

If there are findings of non-compliance, the Authority will carry out investigation and might penalize the operators in accordance with the penalty scheme of the “Air Transport Facilitation and Civil Aviation Security Systems.”

Staff Reporter