Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 107)
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is designated as the appropriate authority to oversee the development, implementation, and maintenance of the NCASP.
The Office for Transportation Security (OTS) is reconstituted as the Office for Civil Aviation Security (OCAS). Its primary role is the development and implementation of regulations, practices, and procedures to safeguard civil aviation against unlawful interference, including implementing the NCASP.
The OCAS is headed by an Administrator who shall have the rank of an Undersecretary.
OCAS powers and functions include formulating and implementing a national airport security program, overseeing civil air transportation security operations such as passenger and baggage screening, coordinating security plans with other government agencies, auditing security personnel and equipment, and ensuring airports have necessary security facilities.
The NCASC coordinates civil air transportation security activities among government departments, airport and aircraft operators, air traffic service providers, and other entities responsible for implementing the NCASP.
The NCASC is composed of the Secretary of the DOTr (Chairman), Secretary of the Department of National Defense (Vice-Chairman), Secretary of the Department of Justice, Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government, Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs, Commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration, and the Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAA).
Members of the Philippine Air Force or other Armed Forces branches may assist by joining visibility patrols conducted by OCAS personnel when deemed necessary by the NCASC to preserve airport security against threats to national security.
EO No. 107 applies to all civilian airports in the Philippines, including those under the jurisdiction of the Manila International Airport Authority, Clark International Airport Corporation, Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority, and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, as well as airports operated through public-private partnerships consistent with their concessions.
If any part of EO No. 107 is held unconstitutional or invalid, the other provisions not affected shall remain in full force and effect.