ABSTRACT
In response to rising concerns regarding aviation security, the Protection of Aircraft Act 1973 was enacted. Part II of this Act, entitled ‘Protection of Aircraft, Aerodromes and Air Navigation Installations against Acts of Violence’, contained s 10 (repealed and subsequently expanded), which made the following provisions:
(1) For the purposes to which this Part of this Act applies the Secretary of State may give a direction in writing to the manager of any aerodrome in the United Kingdom requiring him to use his best endeavours to secure that such searches to which this section applies as are specified in the direction are carried out by constables or by other persons1 of a description specified in the direction.
