Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AIR NAVIGATION ACT 1920 - SECT 19

  (1)   If:

  (a)   a person does an act; and

  (b)   the act is not done in circumstances prescribed by regulations that state they are made for the purposes of this paragraph; and

  (c)   the act results in munitions of war or implements of war being carried by or in:

  (i)   an aircraft in Australian territory; or

  (ii)   an Australian aircraft outside Australian territory;

the person commits an offence punishable, on conviction, by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not apply if the munitions of war or implements of war are carried in accordance with written permission (including any conditions) given by the Minister.

Note:   A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection   (2) (see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).