AIR NAVIGATION (CHARGES) ACT 1976
No. 5 of 1976
An Act to amend the Air Navigation (Charges) Act 1952-1974.
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and 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 1976.
(2) The Air Navigation (Charges) Act 1952-1974 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 1952-1976.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Schedule 1—paragraph 3.
3. Paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-paragraph (1) the words “Port Moresby” (twice occurring).
Schedule 1—paragraph 7.
4. Paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting the table in sub-paragraph (1) and substituting the following table:—
Column 1 | Column 2 |
Weight of aircraft in |
|
Amount of unit charge | |
Not more than 700........... | 8 cents |
More than 700 but not more than 9,000 | 13.2 cents for each 450 kilogrammes, or part of 450 kilogrammes, of the weight of the aircraft |
More than 9,000 but not more than 20,000 | $2.64 plus 31.7 cents for each 500 kilogrammes, or part of 500 kilogrammes, by which the weight of the aircraft exceeds 9,000 kilogrammes |
More than 20,000 but not more than 100,000 | $9.61 plus 39 cents for each 500 kilogrammes, or part of 500 kilogrammes, by which the weight of the aircraft exceeds 20,000 kilogrammes |
More than 100,000.......... | $72.01 plus 36.1 cents for each 500 kilogrammes, or part of 500 kilogrammes, by which the weight of the aircraft exceeds 100,000 kilogrammes |
Schedule 1— Table of Flights.
5. The Table of Flights contained in Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by omitting items 48, 66, 110, 115, 122, 125, 158a and 165;
(b) by inserting after item 202 the following item:—
“202aa| Perth-Christmas Island | 12”;
(c) by omitting item 239aa and substituting the following item:—
“239aa | Darwin-Port Hedland| 5”; and
(d) by omitting items 257, 259, 261, 263, 290a, 305, 307, 309 and 310.
Application of amendment.
6. The amendment of the Principal Act made by section 4 applies—
(a) in relation to a charge payable in respect of a flight completed on or after 1 December 1975 or a take-off or landing on or after that date; and
(b) in relation to a charge—
(i) payable in respect of a year of registration of an aircraft commencing on or after that date; or
(ii) payable by the owner of a foreign aircraft in respect of a week or part of a week commencing on or after that date,
as if this Act had come into operation on that date.