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CIVIL AVIATION ACT 1988 - SECT 24

Interference with crew or aircraft

             (1)  A person commits an offence if:

                     (a)  the person does an act; and

                     (b)  the act:

                              (i)  interferes with a crew member of an aircraft in the course of the performance of his or her duties as such a crew member; or

                             (ii)  threatens the safety of an aircraft or of persons on board an aircraft.

Penalty:  Imprisonment for 2 years.

             (2)  A person must not tamper with:

                     (a)  an aircraft; or

                     (b)  an aeronautical product that is of such a type that tampering with it may endanger the safety of an aircraft or any person or property;

if tampering with it may endanger the safety of the aircraft or any person or property.

Penalty:  Imprisonment for 2 years.



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