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CRIMES (AVIATION) ACT 1991 - SECT 22

Endangering safety of aircraft

             (1)  A person who, while on board a Division 3 aircraft, does an act, reckless as to whether the act will endanger the safety of the aircraft, is guilty of an offence.

Penalty:  Imprisonment for 7 years.

             (2)  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 3 aircraft.

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



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