Hi Liam,

I have been allocated your OIA request in relation to Avsec effectiveness.

The Official Information Act 1982 provides that official information requested shall be specified with due particularity in the request. Could you please be more specific about the information you request under point 1 of your email below? In particular could you please clarify what you mean by information in relation to the effectiveness of Avsec screening at Wellington airport?

Kind Regards,

Tania Nedelcheva
Senior Solicitor
Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand | Aviation Security Service
Te Mana Rererangi Tūmatanui o Aotearoa | Kaiwhakamaru Rererangi
Level 15 | Asteron Centre | 55 Featherston Street | PO Box 3555 | Wellington | 6011

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-----Original Message-----
From: Liam <[FOI #7972 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 31 May 2018 7:04 PM
To: OIA <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Aviation Security (Avsec) Effectiveness

Dear Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand,

Please supply the following information under the Official Information Act (OIA) 1982. My request is broken up into two parts.

I am a New Zealand Citizen, and currently located in New Zealand.

1) Please supply all or as much information in relation to the effectiveness of Aviation Security (Avsec) screening at Wellington Airport. As I understand Avsec Officers are subject to random and regular audits.

2) Under what legislative authority do Avsec Officers have from not being screened when entering into a "sterile" area?

Yours faithfully,

Liam G

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Hello Liam,

Please find attached our response to your OIA request.

Kind Regards,

Tania Nedelcheva
Senior Solicitor
Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand | Aviation Security Service
Te Mana Rererangi Tūmatanui o Aotearoa | Kaiwhakamaru Rererangi
Level 15 | Asteron Centre | 55 Featherston Street | PO Box 3555 | Wellington | 6011

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Hi Liam,

Please find attached the response to your request.

Regards,

Tania

-----Original Message-----
From: Liam <[FOI #7972 email]>
Sent: Monday, 11 June 2018 4:58 PM
To: OIA <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Aviation Security (Avsec) Effectiveness

Dear Tania,

Thanks for your response.

I would like to request the following information under the OIA, in relation to the ongoing competency assesments done on Avsec screening officers at Wellington Airport (specifically International Depatures). I understand that officers are subject to audits/tests. However I would like specific information as to what is assesed in these audits (if possible can you provide me a sample audit). Is there a mark or expected level of detection in order for an officer to be marked as competent/pass? How many instances have officers "failed" these audits within the last 12months, and what happens to a screening officer that has failed.

Yours sincerely,

Liam

-----Original Message-----

Hi Liam,

I have been allocated your OIA request in relation to Avsec effectiveness.

The Official Information Act 1982 provides that official information requested shall be specified with due particularity in the request. Could you please be more specific about the information you request under point 1 of your email below? In particular could you please clarify what you mean by information in relation to the effectiveness of Avsec screening at Wellington airport?

Kind Regards,

Tania Nedelcheva
Senior Solicitor
Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand | Aviation Security Service Te Mana Rererangi Tūmatanui o Aotearoa | Kaiwhakamaru Rererangi Level 15 | Asteron Centre | 55 Featherston Street | PO Box 3555 | Wellington | 6011

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Dear Liam,

 

I refer to the request you made on 11 June 2018 in relation to Avsec
competency assessments. As part of that request, you asked if it is
possible to provide you with a sample audit. In our response to you, we
did not include a sample audit.

 

The reason a sample audit was not provided was because there is not one.
The section on which we relied was section 18(e) of the Official
Information Act 1982.

 

We interpreted the reference to “sample audit” to mean a type of checklist
associated with the test being carried out. In our response to you on 9
July 2018 we explained that there is no degree of pass or fail, but rather
the measure of proficiency is a test piece either being detected or not by
an Avsec Officer. The result of the test is then logged into the Avsec
system as a pass/fail. Looking at our response now, this should have been
stated specifically.

 

I hope this is of assistance in clarifying the matter.

 

Kind Regards,

 

 

Tania Nedelcheva

Senior Solicitor

Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand | Aviation Security Service

Te Mana Rererangi Tûmatanui o Aotearoa | Kaiwhakamaru Rererangi

Level 15 | Asteron Centre | 55 Featherston Street | PO Box 3555 |
Wellington | 6011

(DDI) +64 (4) 560 9641| 

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