- (1)
- An employee of an aviation industry participant commits an offence if:
- (a)
- the employee becomes aware of an aviation security incident; and
- (b)
- the employee fails to report the incident to the aviation industry
participant as soon as possible.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
- (2)
- Subsection (1) does not apply if the
employee has a reasonable excuse.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in
subsection (2) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).
- (3)
- Subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.