Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) CASA may, for the purpose of ensuring the safety of air navigation, give a direction that a condition set out in the direction shall apply in relation to:
(a) every maintenance release in force on or after the date of the direction;
(b) every maintenance release in respect of an aircraft of a kind specified in the direction in force on or after the date of the direction; or
(c) a maintenance release in respect of a specified aircraft.
(1A) CASA may, for the purpose of ensuring the safety of air navigation, give directions requiring the endorsement of information on maintenance releases.
(1B) It is a condition of a maintenance release that any applicable directions under subregulation (1A) are complied with.
(2) A direction given under this regulation does not have effect in relation to a person until it has been served on the person.
(3) A person who contravenes a direction given under this regulation is guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction, by:
(a) in the case of a direction under subregulation (1) -- a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units; and
(b) in the case of a direction under subregulation (1A) -- a fine not exceeding 25 penalty units.
(4) An offence against subregulation (3) is an offence of strict liability.
Note For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .