AVIATION TRANSPORT SECURITY ACT 2004 - SECT 12
Who must have a program
(1) The following aviation industry participants are required to have a transport security program:
(a) an operator of a security controlled airport;
(b) an operator of a prescribed air service;
(c) a participant of a kind prescribed in the regulations.
(2) The Secretary may, by written notice given to an aviation industry participant, permit the participant to have more than one transport security program.
(3) The notice must specify the operations or locations to be covered by each program.
(4) If the participant has more than one program, the participant is required to have all of the programs specified in the notice.
"prescribed air service" means an air service prescribed in the regulations for the purposes of this definition.
"air service" means a service of providing air transportation of people or goods, or both people and goods.
AVIATION TRANSPORT SECURITY REGULATIONS 2005 - REG 1.06
Prescribed air services
(1) For the definition of prescribed air service in section 9 of the Act, an air service of any of the following kinds is prescribed:
(a) a regular public transport operation;
(b) an air service in which a jet is used;
(c) an air service in which an aircraft with a certificated maximum take-off weight greater than 5 700 kilograms is used.
(2) However, an air service is not taken to be a prescribed air service if the Secretary declares, by instrument in writing, that the air service is not a prescribed air service.