16Provision of information to Secretary

16 Provision of information to Secretary

(1) The Secretary may, by notice in writing, ask an operator to give the Secretary, within 30 days of receiving the notice: (a) information about the noise level of an aircraft; or (b) information relevant to determining whether, at the time an aircraft took off or landed, it was involved in an emergency (within the meaning of subregulation 14(2)). (2) A notice under subregulation (1) must state: (a) the information to be provided; and (b) how the information is to be provided; and (c) that the operator must comply with the notice within 30 days of receiving the notice. (3) An operator is guilty of an offence if: (a) the operator receives a notice; and (b) the notice is issued under subregulation (1); and (c) the operator engages in conduct; and (d) the operator’s conduct contravenes the notice.

Penalty: 10 penalty units.

(4) In this regulation:

engage in conduct means:

(a) do an act; or
(b) omit to perform an act.

(5) Subregulation (3) does not affect a person’s right to refuse to give information on the ground that the information, or giving the information, might tend to incriminate the person or expose the person to a penalty.

Note 1: For the value of a penalty unit, see subsection 4AA(1) of the Crimes Act 1914.

Note 2: It is an offence to give false information to a Commonwealth entity in certain circumstances: see section 137.1 of the Criminal Code.