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Civil Aviation Act 2023

Monitoring, investigation, and enforcement - Infringement offences

371: Infringement offences

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If you are alleged to have committed an infringement offence, you may be dealt with in two ways. You can be taken to court by filing a charging document under section 14 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011. Alternatively, you can be issued with an infringement notice under section 373.

If you are taken to court, the court does not need a District Court Judge or Registrar to agree to it under section 21(1)(a) of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957.

You can find more information about what happens if you are issued with an infringement notice under section 21 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 and section 406 of this Act for special rules about unruly passenger offences.

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Part 9Monitoring, investigation, and enforcement
Infringement offences

371Infringement offences

  1. A person who is alleged to have committed an infringement offence may—

  2. be proceeded against by the filing of a charging document under section 14 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011; or
    1. be issued with an infringement notice under section 373.

      1. Proceedings commenced in the way described in subsection (1)(a) do not require the leave of a District Court Judge or Registrar under section 21(1)(a) of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957.

      2. See—

      3. section 21 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 for the procedure that applies if an infringement notice is issued; and
        1. section 406 of this Act for the modifications to that procedure that apply in the case of an unruly passenger offence that is an infringement offence.