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Civil Aviation Act 2023

Monitoring, investigation, and enforcement - Detention, seizure, prohibitions, or conditions in relation to aircraft, aerodrome, or aeronautical product

313: Director or specified person may obtain search warrant to detain aircraft, seize aeronautical products, and impose prohibitions and conditions in relation to aerodromes, aircraft, and aeronautical products

You could also call this:

"A special officer can get a search warrant to stop an aerodrome or aircraft that might be dangerous."

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If you think an aerodrome, aircraft, or aeronautical product might put people or property in danger, a special officer can issue a search warrant. You can apply for this warrant if you have a good reason to believe there is a risk. The application must follow the rules set out in subpart 3 of Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012.

The Director or a specified person, as defined in section 288, can make this application. They can ask for a warrant to stop an aerodrome or aircraft from operating, or to seize an aeronautical product. The warrant can also be used to impose conditions on how an aerodrome, aircraft, or aeronautical product is used.

If the warrant is issued, the Director can take action to protect people and property. This might include stopping an aircraft from flying, seizing a product, or imposing conditions on how something is used. The Director can also prohibit or impose conditions on the operation or use of an aerodrome, aircraft, or aeronautical product.

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Part 9Monitoring, investigation, and enforcement
Detention, seizure, prohibitions, or conditions in relation to aircraft, aerodrome, or aeronautical product

313Director or specified person may obtain search warrant to detain aircraft, seize aeronautical products, and impose prohibitions and conditions in relation to aerodromes, aircraft, and aeronautical products

  1. An issuing officer may issue a search warrant in relation to a place, vehicle, or thing, on an application made in accordance with subsection (2), if the issuing officer is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the operation or use of any aerodrome, aircraft, or aeronautical product or a class of aircraft or aeronautical products may endanger people or property.

  2. An application made for the purpose of subsection (1)—

  3. must be made in the manner provided by subpart 3 of Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012:
    1. may be made by the Director or a specified person as defined in section 288.

      1. A warrant issued under subsection (1) may authorise the Director to do all or any of the following:

      2. prohibit or impose conditions on the operation or use of the aerodrome:
        1. detain the aircraft or any aircraft of that class:
          1. seize the aeronautical product or any aeronautical products of that class:
            1. prohibit or impose conditions on the operation of the aircraft or aircraft of that class:
              1. prohibit or impose conditions on the use of any aeronautical product or any aeronautical products of that class.

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