Air Navigation and Transport Act, 1988

Duty of operator of aircraft to report to Minister.

14.—(1) It shall be the duty of every operator of an aircraft (other than a State aircraft) to furnish to the Minister a report, in such form and within such time and at such intervals as the Minister may specify in writing, of all measures taken by him to comply with a direction of the Minister pursuant to section 13 .

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), a report to the Minister under that subsection shall include particulars of—

(a) the precise steps taken by the operator to implement the direction, and

(b) any alterations to, or discontinuance of, the standards of security or safety specified in the direction which have been, or are proposed to be, made.

(3) A person who—

(a) refuses, or without reasonable cause fails, to make a report to the Minister, or

(b) makes, in any such report, a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular, or

(c) recklessly makes, in any such report, a statement which is false in a material particular,

shall be guilty of an offence.