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Civil Aviation Act 2023

Monitoring, investigation, and enforcement - General offences

362: Communicating false or misleading information

You could also call this:

"Telling lies or giving wrong information to aviation authorities is against the law"

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If you give false or misleading information to the Secretary, the CAA, or the Director, you commit an offence. This happens when you know the information is false or misleading and it is about something related to their work under civil aviation legislation. You can do this by any means, like talking or writing.

When you commit this offence, you can get in trouble. If you are an individual, you might go to prison for up to 12 months, or get a fine of up to $30,000, or both. If you are not an individual, like a company, you might get a fine of up to $100,000.

You can find similar information in the 1990 No 98 legislation, which has rules about giving false information.

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Part 9Monitoring, investigation, and enforcement
General offences

362Communicating false or misleading information

  1. A person who, by any means, provides to the Secretary, the CAA, or the Director information relevant to the Secretary’s, the CAA’s, or the Director’s performance or exercise of functions or powers under civil aviation legislation, knowing the information to be false or misleading, commits an offence.

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

  3. 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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