Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CIVIL AVIATION ACT 1988 - SECT 32AO

             (1)  A recording is a CVR (or cockpit voice recording ) for the purposes of this Part if:

                     (a)  the recording consists of (or consists mainly of) sounds or images, or sounds and images, of persons on the flight deck of an aircraft; and

                     (b)  the recording was made in order to comply with a law of the Commonwealth; and

                     (c)  either of the following applies:

                              (i)  any part of the recording was made while the aircraft was on a constitutional journey, or was made incidentally to such a journey;

                             (ii)  at the time when the recording was made, the aircraft was owned or operated by a constitutional corporation or Commonwealth entity; and

                     (d)  the recording is not an on‑board recording for the purposes of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003 .

             (2)  In this section:

"constitutional journey" means:

                     (a)  a journey in the course of trade or commerce with other countries or among the States; or

                     (b)  a journey within a Territory, or to or from a Territory; or

                     (c)  a journey within a Commonwealth place, or to or from a Commonwealth place.