Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (AVIATION) ACT 1991 - SECT 15

             (1)  Where:

                     (a)  a person on board a Division 2 aircraft does or omits to do anything; and

                     (b)  the act or omission, if it had taken place in, or in a public place in, the Jervis Bay Territory, would be an offence against:

                              (i)  a law of the Commonwealth in force in that Territory; or

                             (ii)  the Crimes Act 1900 of the Australian Capital Territory in its application to the Jervis Bay Territory; or

                           (iia)  the Criminal Code 2002 of the Australian Capital Territory in its application to the Jervis Bay Territory; or

                            (iii)  the Prostitution Act 1992 of the Australian Capital Territory in its application to the Jervis Bay Territory; or

                            (iv)  any other law of the Australian Capital Territory prescribed by the regulations, in its application to the Jervis Bay Territory;

the person is guilty of an offence.

          (1A)  For the purposes of an offence against subsection (1), absolute liability applies to the physical element of circumstance of the offence, that the aircraft is a Division 2 aircraft.

Note:          For absolute liability , see section 6.2 of the Criminal Code .

          (1B)  Absolute liability applies to paragraph (1)(b).

Note:          For absolute liability , see section 6.2 of the Criminal Code .

             (2)  The punishment for an offence against subsection (1) is the same as that for the offence mentioned in paragraph (1)(b).

             (3)  This section extends to an act or omission that took place, or may have taken place, in the Jervis Bay Territory.