Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CIVIL AVIATION ACT 1988 - SECT 23A

             (1)  The regulations may require a person who, in the circumstances specified in the regulations, consigns for carriage any cargo on board an aircraft to make a statement, of a kind specified in the regulations, concerning the contents of the cargo.

             (2)  A person must not consign for carriage any cargo on board an aircraft, in circumstances in which regulations made for the purposes of subsection (1) require a statement to be made, unless:

                     (a)  the cargo is accompanied by; or

                     (b)  the person responsible for delivery of the cargo has been given;

a statement that complies with the regulations made for the purposes of that subsection.

Penalty:  30 penalty units.