No you don't need to renew your ASIC and no issueing authority will chase you up to renew it as the whole process starts again each time. If flying to a non security controlled airport, there is no requirement. However just about any airport that has fuel available and regular charter services will be security controlled.
As for never being asked to show one at some of the more remote strips, consider this hypothetical; You arrive in with your familiy in your 4 or 6 seater at a Security Controlled Airport and someone (refueller, airline ground staff, maintenance staff) asks you for your ASIC. Contrary to Jabawocky's statement, it does not have to be a security or police officer to ask you for your ASIC. Any airline or airport employee can ask to see it. If you don't have one, this might result in a report being sent off to DOTARS. You will also probably find yourself on the other side of the fence from your aircraft and made to stay there if the airport security control staff want to enforce ATSRs to the letter of the law.
DOTARS have been very clever in all this and made the aerodrome operators and airlines responsible through their own TSPs, for the maintenance of ALL applicable security aspects.
Like the Dr says, you will probably get away with it for a long time, but don't go crying at the first airport where you get pulled up for not having one and possibly being denied airside access. I personlly don't think they achieve much and hate even more being part of the enforcement process. But like it or not, they are here and given the government's expenditure on departments set up to run ASIC / MSIC, ie DOTARS and AG, they will be around for a very long time.
Last edited by Islander Jock; 2nd Sep 2007 at 02:18.