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CurrentCreation of fire hazard
Part 17Penal provisions and prosecutions
Division 1Penal provisions
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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