Civil Aviation Act 2023

Airports - Regulatory airport spatial undertakings

250: Consequences of failing to comply with direction orders

You could also call this:

"What happens if you don't follow the rules at an airport"

If you are an airport operator, you must follow a direction order given to you. You will get in trouble if you do not follow the order without a good reason. This can lead to a fine, which is a penalty you must pay.

If you are a person, like an individual, and you do not follow the order, you can be fined up to $50,000. If you are not an individual, like a company, and you do not follow the order, you can be fined up to $250,000. These fines are penalties for not following the direction order.

If an airport operator does something wrong and gets in trouble, the people in charge can also get in trouble. They can be fined up to $50,000 if they helped or agreed with the wrong actions. This applies to any officer of the airport operator who was involved in the wrong actions.

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Part 7Airports
Regulatory airport spatial undertakings

250Consequences of failing to comply with direction orders

  1. An airport operator must comply with a direction order given to the operator.

  2. A person who refuses or fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a direction order commits an offence and is liable on conviction,—

  3. in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $50,000:
    1. in the case of any other person, to a fine not exceeding $250,000.
      1. If an airport operator commits an offence against this section, any officer of the operator who participates in, directs, authorises, acquiesces in, or assents to the conduct comprising the offence also commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000.