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Civil Aviation Act 1990

Offences and penalties - General offences

49B: Operating unauthorised non-scheduled international flight or carrying on non-scheduled international flight contrary to licence

You could also call this:

"Flying internationally without proper permission or breaking flight rules can lead to fines"

You can break the law if you operate an international flight that isn't part of a regular schedule without proper permission. This applies to two situations:

If you run a non-scheduled international flight that should follow the rules in section 87ZE, but you don't follow those rules, you're breaking the law.

If you have a special licence called an open aviation market licence, and you operate a non-scheduled international flight in a way that doesn't match what your licence says you can do, you're also breaking the law.

If you break this law and you're found guilty, you'll face a punishment. If you're an individual person, you might have to pay a fine of up to $6,000. If you're a company or organisation, you might have to pay a fine of up to $30,000.

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Part 5Offences and penalties
General offences

49BOperating unauthorised non-scheduled international flight or carrying on non-scheduled international flight contrary to licence

  1. Every person commits an offence who—

  2. operates a non-scheduled international flight to which section 87ZE applies contrary to the provisions of that section; or
    1. being the holder of an open aviation market licence, carries on a non-scheduled international flight in a manner contrary to the terms and conditions of the licence.

      1. Every person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction,—

      2. in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $6,000; or
        1. in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $30,000.

          Notes
          • Section 49B: inserted, on , by section 19 of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 91).
          • Section 49B(2): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).
          • Section 49B(2)(a): amended, on , by section 23(a) of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 8).
          • Section 49B(2)(b): amended, on , by section 23(b) of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 8).