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Civil Aviation Act 2023

Monitoring, investigation, and enforcement - Disqualification

345: Effect of disqualification by court

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"What happens to your aviation licence if a court takes it away from you"

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If you hold an aviation document and a court disqualifies you from having it, the document is suspended. This means it is not valid while the disqualification is in place. The document has no effect during this time.

If the disqualification ends before the document expires, the document still has no effect. You must pass any tests and meet requirements set by the Director before it becomes valid again. This applies even after the disqualification period has ended.

You can find more information about this rule by looking at the Civil Aviation Act 1990. The Director decides what tests and requirements you need to complete. You must complete these before your aviation document becomes valid again.

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Part 9Monitoring, investigation, and enforcement
Disqualification

345Effect of disqualification by court

  1. If the holder of an aviation document is disqualified by an order of a court from holding or obtaining an aviation document, the document is suspended while the disqualification is in force, and is of no effect during the period of suspension.

  2. Subsection (3) applies if the holder of an aviation document is disqualified from holding or obtaining an aviation document and the disqualification will expire before the term of the document expires.

  3. The document continues to be of no effect on the expiration of the disqualification and until the holder of it undergoes and passes any tests and fulfils any requirements that the Director may specify.

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