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CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS 1988 - REG 289

Creation of fire hazard

         (1)    Subject to these regulations, a person shall not smoke or do any act to procure a naked flame within 15 metres of an aircraft or in any part of an aerodrome in which a notice indicates that smoking is prohibited.

Penalty:   10 penalty units.

         (2)    A person shall not do any act likely to create a fire hazard endangering an aircraft or an aerodrome.

Penalty:   10 penalty units.

      (2A)   An offence against subregulation (1) or (2) is an offence of strict liability.

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

         (3)    Nothing in this regulation applies in relation to an act done at a Federal airport.



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