Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) In this regulation:
"Australian aircraft" has the same meaning as in the Civil Aviation Act 1988 .
(2) There must be reasonable measures taken to protect an Australian aircraft that is a powered aircraft (other than an aircraft to which regulation 4.71 applies) against being flown by an unauthorised person.
(3) For subregulation (2), reasonable measures include, for example:
(a) wheel locks or clamps; or
(b) lockable control locks; or
(c) the aircraft being chained or padlocked to a permanent tie - down point; or
(d) the aircraft being inside a locked hangar.
(4) The measures taken:
(a) must be reasonably effective to prevent the aircraft being flown by an unauthorised person; and
(b) must be discernible from outside the aircraft; and
(c) must not compromise the aircraft's safety.
(5) If subregulation (2) or (4) is contravened, the registered operator (within the meaning given by the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 ) of the aircraft concerned is guilty of an offence.