Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) CASA may authorise officers of CASA to undertake examinations, inspections or checks of the work of an aircraft's crew, the operation of an aircraft or its equipment or of the ground organisation provided by the operator of an aircraft for use by aircraft.
(2) An operator must provide an authorised officer with accommodation on aircraft in the following circumstances:
(a) on receipt of 7 days' notice prior to a flight from the officer of his or her intention to travel on that flight;
(b) on immediate demand from the officer of his or her intention to travel, if his or her carriage in the aircraft does not mean the off - loading of a passenger or of cargo being carried in the aircraft on the particular flight concerned;
(c) on immediate demand from the officer of his or her intention to travel irrespective of whether his or her carriage in the aircraft means the off - loading of a passenger or of goods, if the officer considers the circumstances of the case so warrant.
(2A) An offence against subregulation (2) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
(3) In every case where the carriage of an officer in the
circumstances specified in paragraph (2)(a) or (c) entails a loss of
revenue to the owner of the aircraft due to the necessity of providing
accommodation which would otherwise have been used for the carriage of a
paying passenger or of cargo for which freight would have been charged, the
owner shall be paid an amount equivalent to the loss of revenue.