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Civil Aviation Act 2023

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

110: Acting without required medical certificate

You could also call this:

"Flying without a medical certificate to prove you're healthy enough to fly safely is against the law."

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If you fly a plane or have a special aviation job, you must have a medical certificate. This certificate says you are healthy enough to fly safely. You can get this certificate under Schedule 2 or it can be recognised by the Director.

If you do not have this certificate, or if you know you are not healthy enough to fly, you are breaking the law. You are also breaking the law if you do not follow the conditions on your certificate, like those set out in clause 15(a) of Schedule 2. This can result in a big fine or even prison time.

If you break the law because you do not have a certificate or you do not follow the conditions, you can be fined up to $30,000. But if you break the law because you know you are not healthy enough to fly, you can be imprisoned for up to 12 months, or fined up to $30,000, or both.

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Part 4Aviation documents, medical certification, and drug and alcohol testing
Medical certification: Offences relating to medical certification

110Acting without required medical certificate

  1. A person who exercises the privileges of any aviation document or operates an aircraft solo commits an offence if the person—

  2. does not hold an appropriate current medical certificate issued under Schedule 2 or a medical certificate recognised by the Director under the rules; or
    1. knows or has reasonable grounds to suspect that they can no longer safely exercise the privileges to which their medical certificate relates; or
      1. fails to comply with any conditions, restrictions, or endorsements specified by the Director under clause 15(a) of Schedule 2.

        1. A person who commits an offence against subsection (1)(a) or (c) is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $30,000.

        2. A person who commits an offence against subsection (1)(b) is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding $30,000, or both.

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