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Civil Aviation Act 1990

Offences and penalties - Safety offences

46A: Acting without required medical certificate

You could also call this:

“Flying without the proper health check can get you in trouble”

You can get in trouble if you fly an aircraft or use an aviation document without the right medical certificate. This applies if:

You don’t have a current medical certificate that the Director of Civil Aviation approves.

You know or think you might not be able to safely do the things your medical certificate allows.

You don’t follow the rules the Director set for your medical certificate.

If you break these rules, you could go to jail for up to 12 months or have to pay a fine of up to $10,000.

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Part 5 Offences and penalties
Safety offences

46AActing without required medical certificate

  1. Every person who exercises the privileges of any aviation document or operates an aircraft solo commits an offence if that person—

  2. does not hold an appropriate current medical certificate issued under Part 2A or a medical certificate recognised by the Director under the rules; or
    1. knows or has reasonable grounds to suspect that he or she can no longer exercise safely the privileges to which his or her medical certificate relates; or
      1. fails to comply with any conditions, restrictions, or endorsements specified by the Director under section 27B(4).

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

        Notes
        • Section 46A: inserted, on , by section 9 of the Civil Aviation (Medical Certification) Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 87).
        • Section 46A(2): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).