Air Navigation (Charges)

No. 84 of 1968

An Act relating to Charges in respect of Commonwealth Air Navigation Facilities and Services.

[Assented to 21 November 1968]

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Air Navigation (Charges) Act 1968.

(2.) The Air Navigation (Charges) Act 1952–1967 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Air Navigation (Charges) Act 1952–1968.

Commencement.

2.—(1.) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2.) Section 4 of this Act shall come into operation on the first day of January, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine.

Regulations.

3. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:—

“(3.) The regulations may prescribe penalties, not exceeding a fine of One thousand dollars, for offences against the regulations.”.

First Schedule—paragraph 7.

4.—(1.) The First Schedule to the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-paragraph (1.) of paragraph 7 and inserting in its stead the following sub-paragraph:—

“(1.) The unit charge for an aircraft is—

(a) where the weight of the aircraft does not exceed 25,000 pounds—an amount calculated at the rate of 7.30 cents for each 1,000 pounds or part of 1,000 pounds of the weight of the aircraft;

(b) where the weight of the aircraft exceeds 25,000 but does not exceed 50,000 pounds—an amount calculated at the rate of 11.36 cents for each 1,000 pounds or part of 1,000 pounds of the weight of the aircraft;

(c) where the weight of the aircraft exceeds 50,000 but does not exceed 100,000 pounds—an amount calculated at the rate of 14.62 cents for each 1,000 pounds or part of 1,000 pounds of the weight of the aircraft;

(d) where the weight of the aircraft exceeds 100,000 but does not exceed 200,000 pounds—an amount calculated at the rate of 17.05 cents for each 1,000 pounds or part of 1,000 pounds of the weight of the aircraft; and

(e) in any other case—an amount calculated at the rate of 18.70 cents for each 1,000 pounds or part of 1,000 pounds of the weight of the aircraft.”.

(2.) The amendment of the Principal Act made by the last preceding sub-section—

(a) applies in relation to a charge payable—

(i) in respect of a flight between places in Australia that is completed on or after the date of commencement of this section;

(ii) in respect of the landing or take-off of an aircraft on or after that date;

(iii) by the registered owner of an aircraft in respect of a period that commences on or after that date; and

(iv) by the owner of a foreign aircraft in respect of a week or a part of a week that commences on or after that date; and

(b) does not affect the application of the Principal Act in relation to any other charges.

First Schedule—paragraph 8.

5. The First Schedule to the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from clause (d) of paragraph 8 the word “or”; and

(b) by inserting after clause (d) of paragraph 8 the following clause:—

“(da) a flight made by a charter aircraft for the purposes of a part of the Defence Force of the Commonwealth or for the purposes of the armed forces of another country; or”.

Third Schedule.

6. The Third Schedule to the Principal Act is amended by inserting after paragraph 4 the following paragraph:—

“4a. A charge is not payable under this Schedule in respect of an aircraft engaged in charter operations for the purposes of a part of the Defence Force of the Commonwealth or for the purposes of the armed forces of another country.”.