Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (AVIATION) ACT 1991 - SECT 15

  (1)   Where:

  (a)   a person on board a Division   2 aircraft does or omits to do anything; and

  (b)   the act or omission, if it had taken place in, or in a public place in, the Jervis Bay Territory , would be an offence against:

  (i)   a law of the Commonwealth in force in that Territory; or

  (ii)   the Crimes Act 1900 of the Australian Capital Territory in its application to the Jervis Bay Territory ; or

  (iia)   the Criminal Code 2002 of the Australian Capital Territory in its application to the Jervis Bay Territory ; or

  (iii)   the Prostitution Act 1992 of the Australian Capital Territory in its application to the Jervis Bay Territory ; or

  (iv)   any other law of the Australian Capital Territory prescribed by the regulations, in its application to the Jervis Bay Territory ;

the person commits an offence.

  (1A)   For the purposes of an offence against subsection   ( 1), absolute liability applies to the physical element of circumstance of the offence, that the aircraft is a Division   2 aircraft.

Note:   For absolute liability , see section   6.2 of the Criminal Code .

  (1B)   Absolute liability applies to paragraph   ( 1)(b).

Note:   For absolute liability , see section   6.2 of the Criminal Code .

  (2)   The punishment for an offence against subsection   ( 1) is the same as that for the offence mentioned in paragraph   ( 1)(b).

  (3)   This section extends to an act or omission that took place, or may have taken place, in the Jervis Bay Territory .