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Civil Aviation Act 1990

Offences and penalties - General offences

52B: Failure to notify accident or incident

You could also call this:

"You must tell someone if there's an accident or problem with your aircraft"

If you are a pilot-in-command or an operator of an aircraft, you must tell someone about any accidents or incidents that happen. This is explained in section 26 of the law. If you don't do this without a good reason, you are breaking the law.

If you break this law, you can get in trouble. The punishment depends on whether you are a person or a company. If you are a person, you might have to pay up to $10,000. If you keep breaking the law, you might have to pay another $2,000 for each day you don't follow the rules. If you are a company, you might have to pay up to $50,000. If the company keeps breaking the law, it might have to pay another $10,000 for each day it doesn't follow the rules.

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Part 5Offences and penalties
General offences

52BFailure to notify accident or incident

  1. Every pilot-in-command or operator commits an offence who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with subsection (1) or subsection (1A) or subsection (2) of section 26 (which subsections relate to the notification of an accident or incident).

  2. Every pilot-in-command or operator who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction,—

  3. in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $10,000 and, if the offence is a continuing one, to a further fine not exceeding $2,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence is continued; or
    1. in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $50,000 and, if the offence is a continuing one, to a further fine not exceeding $10,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence is continued.

      Notes
      • Section 52B: inserted, on , by section 27 of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 75).
      • Section 52B(2): substituted, on , by section 24 of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 8).
      • Section 52B(2): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).