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CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS 1988 - REG 289

Creation of fire hazard

  (1)   Subject to these Regulations, a person shall not smoke or do any act to procure a naked flame within 15 metres of an aircraft or in any part of an aerodrome in which a notice indicates that smoking is prohibited.

Penalty:   10 penalty units.

  (2)   A person shall not do any act likely to create a fire hazard endangering an aircraft or an aerodrome.

Penalty:   10 penalty units.

  (2A)   An offence against subregulation   (1) or (2) is an offence of strict liability.

Note:   For strict liability , see section   6.1 of the Criminal Code .

  (3)   Nothing in this regulation applies in relation to an act done at a Federal airport.


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