[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 8]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR1546.201]

[Page 351]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
   CHAPTER XII--TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                            HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 1546_FOREIGN AIR CARRIER SECURITY--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart C_Operations
 
Sec. 1546.201  Acceptance and screening of individuals and accessible 
property.


    (a) Preventing or deterring the carriage of any explosive, 
incendiary, or weapon. Unless otherwise authorized by TSA, each foreign 
air carrier must use the measures in its security program to prevent or 
deter the carriage of any explosive, incendiary, or weapon on or about 
each individual's person or accessible property before boarding an 
aircraft or entering a sterile area.
    (b) Screening of individuals and accessible property. Except as 
provided in its security program, each foreign air carrier must ensure 
that each individual entering a sterile area at each preboard screening 
checkpoint for which it is responsible, and all accessible property 
under that individual's control, are inspected for weapons, explosives, 
and incendiaries as provided in Sec. 1546.207.
    (c) Refusal to transport. Each foreign air carrier conducting an 
operation for which a security program is required by Sec. 1546.101(a), 
(b), or (c) must refuse to transport--
    (1) Any individual who does not consent to a search or inspection of 
his or her person in accordance with the system prescribed in this part; 
and
    (2) Any property of any individual or other person who does not 
consent to a search or inspection of that property in accordance with 
the system prescribed by this part.
    (d) Explosive, incendiary, weapon: Prohibitions and exceptions. No 
individual may, while on board an aircraft being operated by a foreign 
air carrier in the United States, carry on or about his person a deadly 
or dangerous weapon, either concealed or unconcealed. This paragraph (d) 
does not apply to--
    (1) Officials or employees of the state of registry of the aircraft 
who are authorized by that state to carry arms; and
    (2) Crewmembers and other individuals authorized by the foreign air 
carrier to carry arms.