Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 101.465

  (1)   A person may launch a rocket that is not a model rocket:

  (a)   in or into cloud; or

  (b)   at night; or

  (c)   in conditions other than VMC;

only as permitted by another provision of this Part, or in accordance with an air traffic control clearance.

Penalty:   10 penalty units.

Note:   For model rocket , see regulation   101.425.

  (2)   However, subregulation   (1) does not prevent rockets being operated as part of a firework display.

  (3)   An offence against subregulation   (1) is an offence of strict liability.

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