Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS 1988 - REG 294

  (1)   A person must not:

  (a)   enter or remain within a prohibited area in an aerodrome;

  (b)   bring or leave any property on a prohibited area within an aerodrome;

  (c)   operate any vehicle on a prohibited area within an aerodrome;

  (d)   bring any animal or bird on to a prohibited area within an aerodrome; or

  (e)   permit any animal or bird under his or her possession or control to trespass on a prohibited area within an aerodrome.

Penalty:   5 penalty units.

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

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

  (2)   Where:

  (a)   a person contravenes paragraph   ( 1)(a), (b), (c) or (d); or

  (b)   any property, vehicle, animal or bird is found in contravention of paragraph   ( 1)(b), (c), (d) or (e);

any authorised person may apprehend and remove that person, property, vehicle, animal or bird, as the case may be, without being deemed guilty of any act of trespass.

  (3)   In this regulation:

"authorised person" means an officer or employee of CASA, a member of the Defence Force, a constable, an aerodrome operator, a person authorised by the aerodrome operator, or the pilot in command of an aircraft.

"prohibited area" , in relation to an aerodrome, means any part of the aerodrome upon which is posted a notice relating to that part of the aerodrome, being a notice to the effect that trespassing upon that part of the aerodrome is prohibited and purporting to have been posted with the authority of CASA.