Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AIRPORTS ACT 1996 - SECT 145

             (1)  The regulations may make provision for and in relation to requiring an airport-operator company for an airport to give the ACCC written reports about the airport.

Offence

             (2)  A company commits an offence if:

                     (a)  the company is subject to a requirement under the regulations to give the ACCC written reports about the airport; and

                     (b)  the company engages in conduct; and

                     (c)  the company's conduct contravenes the requirement.

Penalty:  50 penalty units.

          (2A)  Strict liability applies to paragraph (2)(a).

Note:          For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .

Regulations may confer discretionary powers on the ACCC

             (3)  Regulations made for the purposes of this section may make provision for or in relation to a matter by conferring a power on the ACCC. For example, the regulations could provide that the ACCC may, by written notice given to an airport-operator company for an airport, require the company to give the ACCC, within the period and in the manner specified in the notice, a written report about specified matters relating to the airport.