Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS 1988 - REG 51B

         (1)   If a person discovers a defect in an aircraft in the course of complying with an airworthiness directive or a direction given by CASA under regulation 38, the person must report the defect to CASA.

Penalty:   25 penalty units.

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

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