Civil Aviation Regulations 1988

CASA may, for the purpose of ensuring the safety of air navigation, give a direction that a condition set out in the direction shall apply in relation to:

every maintenance release in force on or after the date of the direction;

every maintenance release in respect of an aircraft of a kind specified in the direction in force on or after the date of the direction; or

a maintenance release in respect of a specified aircraft.

CASA may, for the purpose of ensuring the safety of air navigation, give directions requiring the endorsement of information on maintenance releases.

It is a condition of a maintenance release that any applicable directions under subregulation (1A) are complied with.

A direction given under this regulation does not have effect in relation to a person until it has been served on the person.

A person who contravenes a direction given under this regulation is guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction, by:

in the case of a direction under subregulation (1)—a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units; and

in the case of a direction under subregulation (1A)—a fine not exceeding 25 penalty units.

An offence against subregulation (3) is an offence of strict liability.

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