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Civil Aviation Act 2023

Monitoring, investigation, and enforcement - General offences

365: Failure to maintain accurate records

You could also call this:

"Not keeping correct flight records can get you in trouble with the law"

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If you do not keep accurate records as the Civil Aviation Act 2023 says you must, you can commit an offence. This means you must make accurate entries in a record, keep an accurate record, and give accurate records to people like the Secretary or the CAA when they ask for them. You can find more information about similar laws by looking at the 1990 No 98 s 52 legislation.

If you commit this offence, you can get a fine. The fine can be up to $15,000 if you are an individual. If you are not an individual, the fine can be up to $50,000.

You will get this fine if you are convicted of not keeping accurate records.

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Part 9Monitoring, investigation, and enforcement
General offences

365Failure to maintain accurate records

  1. A person commits an offence if the person contravenes any requirement under this Act—

  2. to make accurate entries in a record; or
    1. to maintain an accurate record; or
      1. to provide to the Secretary, the CAA, the Director, or any other person an accurate record when required to do so.

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

        2. in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $15,000:
          1. in the case of any other person, to a fine not exceeding $50,000.

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