Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

AIR NAVIGATION (AIRCRAFT NOISE) REGULATIONS 1984 - REG 10D

(1)

The Secretary may, in writing, ask the operator of an aircraft to advise the Secretary of the day on which a certificate of airworthiness for the aircraft was first issued.

(2)

If the operator does not advise the Secretary of the day:

(a)

the operator is guilty of an offence punishable by a maximum fine of 20 penalty units; and

(b)

the Secretary may, by notice given to the operator, suspend permission for the aircraft to engage in air navigation until the day on which the operator advises the Secretary of the day on which the certificate was first issued.

(3)

An offence against paragraph (2) (a) is an offence of strict liability.

Note    For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .