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Civil Aviation Act 1988
23AStatements of the contents of cargo
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#### 23A Statements of the contents of cargo
(1) The regulations may require a person who, in the circumstances specified in the regulations, consigns for carriage any cargo on board an aircraft to make a statement, of a kind specified in the regulations, concerning the contents of the cargo.
(2) A person must not consign for carriage any cargo on board an aircraft, in circumstances in which regulations made for the purposes of subsection (1) require a statement to be made, unless:
(a) the cargo is accompanied by; or
(b) the person responsible for delivery of the cargo has been given;
a statement that complies with the regulations made for the purposes of that subsection.
Penalty: 30 penalty units.