Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CIVIL AVIATION ACT 1988 - SECT 24

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person does an act; and

  (b)   the act:

  (i)   interferes with a crew member of an aircraft in the course of the performance of his or her duties as such a crew member; or

  (ii)   threatens the safety of an aircraft or of persons on board an aircraft.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 2 years.

  (2)   A person must not tamper with:

  (a)   an aircraft; or

  (b)   an aeronautical product that is of such a type that tampering with it may endanger the safety of an aircraft or any person or property;

if tampering with it may endanger the safety of the aircraft or any person or property.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 2 years.