Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00556:section:32ao
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Provision Reference: s 32AO
Character Range: 185892–186982

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.