Civil Aviation Act 2023

Monitoring, investigation, and enforcement - Powers of entry and inspection

291: Requirement to conduct or undergo examinations, tests, inquiries, inspections, or monitoring

You could also call this:

"Aviation safety checks: You might need to do tests or inspections to ensure everything is safe"

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The Director, the CAA, or an inspector might need you to do some checks to make sure everything is safe. They can ask you to do examinations, tests, or inspections if you are involved in aviation or in charge of an aviation place. They can also ask you to monitor something to see if it is working properly.

If you have a special licence that lets you work in Australia and New Zealand, the inspector can ask you to do these checks in Australia too. The inspector has the power to ask you to do these checks to make sure you are following the rules. You can see how this rule is similar to an old rule by looking at the Civil Aviation Act 1986.

The inspector cannot ask you to have a medical test or examination, though. They only have the power to ask for checks that are related to aviation safety. This means they can ask you to check your equipment or procedures, but not your health.

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This page was last updated on 29 June 2025

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290: Limitation relating to powers under sections 284 and 288, or

"Some records are off-limits when using certain powers under the law."

292: Power to require name, address, and date of birth, or

"Inspectors can ask for your name, address, and birthdate if you break aviation rules"

Part 9Monitoring, investigation, and enforcement
Powers of entry and inspection

291Requirement to conduct or undergo examinations, tests, inquiries, inspections, or monitoring

For the purpose of performing any function of the Director, the CAA, or an inspector under this Act, or for the purposes of the ANZA mutual recognition agreements, any inspector may direct an aviation participant or a person who is or appears to be in charge of an aviation place to undergo or conduct examinations, tests, inquiries, inspections, or monitoring.
In the case of an aviation participant who is a holder of a New Zealand AOC with ANZA privileges, the power in subsection (1) includes the power to direct the aviation participant or a person who is or appears to be in charge of an aviation place to undergo or conduct examinations, tests, inquiries, inspections, or monitoring in Australia.
Nothing in this section authorises an inspector to direct a person to undergo a medical test or medical examination.

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1990 No 98 s 15(1)