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Civil Aviation Act 2023

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

106: Applying for aviation document while disqualified

You could also call this:

"What happens if you apply for an aviation document when you're not allowed to"

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If you apply for an aviation document when you know you are not allowed to, you can get in trouble. You will be in trouble if you do not have a good reason for applying. If you break this rule, any aviation document you get will not be valid.

If you do something wrong, you might have to go to prison for up to six months or pay a fine of up to $15,000, or both. If you are not an individual, you might have to pay a fine of up to $50,000.

The court can also stop you from getting an aviation document for up to 12 months if you are found guilty of doing something wrong. You can compare this to a previous law to see how it has changed.

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

106Applying for aviation document while disqualified

  1. A person who, without reasonable excuse, applies for or obtains an aviation document knowing or having proper notice that they are disqualified by an order of the court from obtaining such a document commits an offence.

  2. Any aviation document in respect of which an offence is committed under subsection (1) is of no effect.

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

  4. in the case of an individual, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding $15,000, or both:
    1. in the case of any other person, to a fine not exceeding $50,000.

      1. If a person is convicted of an offence under subsection (1), the court may order the person to be disqualified from holding or obtaining an aviation document for any period not exceeding 12 months that the court thinks fit.

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