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Civil Aviation Act 1990

Offences and penalties - General offences

50A: Failure or refusal to produce or surrender documents

You could also call this:

"What happens if you don't show aviation papers when asked"

If someone asks you to show or hand over documents related to civil aviation, you need to do it. This is part of the Civil Aviation Act 1990. If you don't do this when asked, and you don't have a good reason why not, you're breaking the law. This is called an offence.

If you're found guilty of not showing or handing over documents when asked, you might have to pay a fine. The most you could be fined is $1,000.

The specific part of the law that talks about showing documents is called section 24(3). If you want to know more about what documents you might need to show, you can look at that section.

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Part 5Offences and penalties
General offences

50AFailure or refusal to produce or surrender documents

  1. Every person commits an offence who, without reasonable excuse, fails or refuses to comply with a requirement made in accordance with section 24(3).

  2. Every person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.

Notes
  • Section 50A: inserted, on , by section 20 of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 91).
  • Section 50A(2): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).