AVIATION TRANSPORT SECURITY ACT 2004 - SECT 10 Meaning of unlawful interference with aviation

AVIATION TRANSPORT SECURITY ACT 2004 - SECT 10

  (1)   Any of the following done , or attempted to be done, without lawful authority is an unlawful interference with aviation :

  (a)   taking control of an aircraft by force, or threat of force, or any other form of intimidation or by any trick or false pretence ;

  (b)   destroying an aircraft that is in service;

  (c)   causing damage to an aircraft that is in service that puts the safety of the aircraft, or any person on board or outside the aircraft, at risk;

  (d)   doing anything on board an aircraft that is in service that puts the safety of the aircraft, or any person on board or outside the aircraft, at risk;

  (e)   placing, or causing to be placed, on board an aircraft that is in service anything that puts the safety of the aircraft, or any person on board or outside the aircraft, at risk;

  (f)   putting the safety of aircraft at risk by interfering with, damaging or destroying air navigation facilities;

  (g)   putting the safety of an aircraft at risk by communicating false or misleading information;

  (h)   committing an act at an airport, or causing any interference or damage, that puts the safe operation of the airport, or the safety of any person at the airport, at risk.

  (2)   However, unlawful interference with aviation does not include lawful advocacy, protest, dissent or industrial action that does not result in, or contribute to, an action of a kind mentioned in paragraphs   ( 1)(a) to (h).