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Civil Aviation Act 1990

Offences and penalties - Security offences

56A: Security check offences

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“You must be honest during security checks at airports”

If you are having a security check, you need to be honest and tell the truth. It’s against the law to lie or give false information during a security check. You also need to share any important information that you know about. If you don’t, you could get in trouble.

If you break this law, you might have to go to jail for up to 12 months or pay a fine of up to $10,000. This is a serious matter, so it’s important to be truthful and open during security checks.

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Part 5 Offences and penalties
Security offences

56ASecurity check offences

  1. Every person commits an offence who, in relation to a security check of that person,—

  2. provides information that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or
    1. fails to disclose, without reasonable excuse, information that the person knows to be materially relevant.

      1. Every person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding $10,000.

      Notes
      • Section 56A: inserted, on , by section 8 of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 89).
      • Section 56A(2): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).