18.—(1) For the purposes specified in sub-paragraph (1A), an authorised person shall have the right of access, on production (if required) of his credentials —
(a)
to any place in Singapore; or
(b)
to any aircraft to which this Order applies at a time when it is in Singapore.
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(1A) An authorised person shall have the right of access under sub-paragraph (1) solely for the purpose of carrying out any survey, test, inspection or audit to enable the Commissioner to determine —
(a)
whether to issue a security directive to any aircraft operator or airport operator under paragraph 7(1) or any person under paragraph 8(1);
(b)
whether the requirements of the NCASP are being or have been complied with; or
(c)
whether a security directive issued under paragraph 7(1) or 8(1) is being or has been complied with.
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(2) An authorised person conducting a survey or test, or an inspection or audit, of any place or aircraft under sub-paragraph (1) shall have power —
(a)
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
(b)
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.
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(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (4), an authorised person, for the purpose of exercising any power conferred on him by sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) in relation to an aircraft or an airport, shall have power —
(a)
for the purpose of inspecting an aircraft, to enter it and to take all such steps as are necessary to detain it; or
(b)
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.
(4) The powers conferred by sub-paragraph (3) shall not include power for an authorised person to use force for the purpose of entering any aircraft, building or works or entering upon any land.
(5) Any person who —
(a)
wilfully obstructs or impedes any authorised person acting in the exercise of a power conferred on him by or under this paragraph;
(b)
refuses or, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement imposed on him under sub-paragraph (2)(b);
(c)
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
(d)
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.
(6) In this paragraph, an “authorised person” means —
(a)
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
(b)
any person authorised in writing by the Commissioner.