False identification information—air passenger tickets for constitutional flights
376.4 False identification information—air passenger tickets for constitutional flights
Constitutional flight offence—using information to obtain an air passenger ticket
A person (the defendant) commits an offence if:
the defendant uses information; and
the defendant does so:
with the result that an air passenger ticket for a flight is obtained (whether by the defendant or another person); and
reckless as to whether the information is used to identify the defendant, or another person, as a passenger on the flight; and
the information is identification information; and
the information is false in relation to the person who takes, or intends to take, the flight using the ticket; and
the flight is a constitutional flight.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months.
Constitutional flight offence—taking a flight using an air passenger ticket
A person (the defendant) commits an offence if:
the defendant takes a flight using an air passenger ticket; and
identification information was used (whether by the defendant or another person) to obtain the ticket; and
the information resulted in the identification of a person as a passenger on the flight; and
the information is false in relation to the defendant; and
the flight is a constitutional flight.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months.
General
Absolute liability applies to paragraphs (1)(e) and (2)(e).
For absolute liability, see section 6.2.
In this section:
constitutional flight means:
a flight that starts or ends in a Territory; or
a flight between Australia and a foreign country in which an aircraft is used in the course of trade or commerce, for the carriage of passengers; or
a flight between one State and another State in which an aircraft is used in the course of trade or commerce, for the carriage of passengers.
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