Air Navigation (Essendon Fields Airport) Regulations 2001
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9 Alternate airport
(1) The operator of an aircraft involved in a scheduled flight is guilty of an offence if: (a) the flight plan for the flight lists Essendon Fields Airport as an alternate airport for the flight; and (b) the flight is scheduled to end during a curfew period.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
(2) Strict liability applies to an offence under subregulation (1).
Note: For the value of a penalty unit, see subsection 4AA(1) of the Crimes Act 1914.
(3) In this regulation:
alternate airport, in relation to a flight, means an airport specified in the flight plan for the flight to which the flight may proceed when it becomes inadvisable to land at the airport of intended landing.