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Civil Aviation Act 2023

Aviation security - Aviation security offences

173: Security check offences

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"Telling lies or hiding information during a security check is against the law"

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If you are having a security check under section 126, you must tell the truth. You commit an offence if you give false or misleading information on purpose. You also commit an offence if you do not disclose important information without a good reason.

If you commit this offence, you can be punished with up to 12 months in prison or a fine of up to $10,000, or both. This is what happens if you are found guilty of the offence. The punishment is decided by the court.

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Aviation security offences

173Security check offences

  1. A person commits an offence if the person, in relation to a security check of the person under section 126,—

  2. provides information that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or
    1. fails to disclose, without reasonable excuse, information that the person knows to be materially relevant.

      1. A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding $10,000, or both.

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