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Civil Aviation Act 2023

Aviation documents, medical certification, and drug and alcohol testing - Offences relating to aviation documents

107: Failing to disclose information relevant to granting or holding of aviation document

You could also call this:

"Hiding important information when applying for or keeping an aviation licence is against the law."

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If you are applying for an aviation document and you know something that might affect your application, you must tell the Civil Aviation Authority. You must also tell them if you already have an aviation document and you know something that might affect whether you can keep it, especially if it is related to the conditions in section 77. If you do not tell them without a good reason, you can get in trouble.

If you do not tell the Civil Aviation Authority something you should, you can be charged with an offence.

You can be punished with up to 12 months in prison or a fine of up to $30,000, or both, if you are an individual. If you are not an individual, you can be fined up to $100,000.

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Offences relating to aviation documents

107Failing to disclose information relevant to granting or holding of aviation document

  1. A person commits an offence if the person—

  2. is an applicant for an aviation document and fails, without reasonable excuse, to provide to the CAA information known to the person that the person knows or should know is relevant to the CAA’s or the Director’s exercise of powers under civil aviation legislation; or
    1. is the holder of an aviation document and fails, without reasonable excuse, to provide to the CAA information known to the person that the person knows or should know is relevant to the condition specified in section 77.

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

      2. in the case of an individual, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding $30,000, or both:
        1. in the case of any other person, to a fine not exceeding $100,000.

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