| (1) | An air carrier may not transport cargo by air unless it is accompanied by a valid air waybill and other valid transport documentation. |
| (2) | A person tendering a diplomatic bag for carriage by air shall ensure that it is properly sealed and marked and may only be carried by air, without an airway bill, when accompanied by an employee of a diplomatic mission holding— |
| (a) | a valid proof of identification issued to such employee; and |
| (b) | a letter from an official in charge of a diplomatic mission from which such diplomatic bag originates, authorising that specific employee to accompany a concerned diplomatic bag. |
| (3) | Diplomatic cargo accompanied by an air waybill must comply with the following requirements— |
| (a) | status and number of packages shall be clearly indicated on an air waybill; |
| (b) | cargo must be properly sealed and marked and bearing visible external marks of its character; and |
| (c) | a person tendering such cargo must be duly authorised in writing by a sending State or originating diplomatic mission and shall carry official identification. |
| (4) | Diplomatic cargo shall be exempt from screening except by use of detection dogs or non-intrusive explosive detection equipment. |
| (5) | The provisions of regulation 108.03.6(2) apply with the necessary changes to diplomatic cargo. |
[Regulation 108.03.1 substituted by regulation 26(b) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 15 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]
