32AODefinition of CVR or cockpit voice recording

32AO Definition of CVR or cockpit voice recording

(1) A recording is a CVR (or cockpit voice recording) for the purposes of this Part if: (a) the recording consists of (or consists mainly of) sounds or images, or sounds and images, of persons on the flight deck of an aircraft; and (b) the recording was made in order to comply with a law of the Commonwealth; and (c) either of the following applies: (i) any part of the recording was made while the aircraft was on a constitutional journey, or was made incidentally to such a journey; (ii) at the time when the recording was made, the aircraft was owned or operated by a constitutional corporation or Commonwealth entity; and (d) the recording is not an on‑board recording for the purposes of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003. (2) In this section:

constitutional journey means:

(a) a journey in the course of trade or commerce with other countries or among the States; or
(b) a journey within a Territory, or to or from a Territory; or
(c) a journey within a Commonwealth place, or to or from a Commonwealth place.