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Civil Aviation Act 2023

Monitoring, investigation, and enforcement - General offences

364: Trespass

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"Entering an airport or aviation building without a good reason can get you in trouble"

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If you enter or stay in an aerodrome, or a building where aviation services are provided, without a good reason, you can get in trouble. This can happen if someone in charge, like a person authorised by the Director or a police officer, tells you not to enter or stay. You can also get in trouble if you ignore a notice posted by someone in charge. You can be stopped by a person authorised by the Director, a police officer, or a notice posted by one of these people or an aviation security officer. If you break this rule, you might go to prison for up to three months, or have to pay a fine of up to $2,500, or both, as seen in similar laws, such as s 51 of a previous act.

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Part 9Monitoring, investigation, and enforcement
General offences

364Trespass

  1. A person commits an offence if the person, without reasonable excuse, enters or remains within any aerodrome, or any building or area in which technical facilities or services for civil aviation are operated, when directed not to enter or not to remain by—

  2. a person authorised by the Director in writing for that purpose or a constable; or
    1. a notice posted by a person referred to in paragraph (a), the Director, or an aviation security officer.

      1. A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to a fine not exceeding $2,500, or both.

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