An Act relating to the provision of certain equipment for a domestic airline

1 Short title [see Note 1]

This Act may be cited as the Airline Equipment (Loan Guarantee) Act 1978.

2 Commencement [see Note 1]

This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3 Provision of credit deemed to be a borrowing

For the purposes of this Act, the provision of credit shall be deemed to be a borrowing to the extent of the amount of that credit.

4 Guarantee of certain loans

(1) The Treasurer may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, at the request of Ansett Transport Industries Limited, and subject to the conditions required by this Act, guarantee:

(a) the repayment by Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Proprietary Limited of amounts borrowed by Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Proprietary Limited for expenditure in connexion with the purchase by it of a Boeing 727‑200 aircraft and related spare parts and equipment; and

(b) the payment of interest on amounts so borrowed.

(2) A guarantee or guarantees shall not be given under subsection (1) in respect of moneys borrowed in the currency of the United States of America, or in any other currency, exceeding in the aggregate $10,300,000 in the currency of the United States of America.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the amount of a borrowing in a currency other than the currency of the United States of America shall be taken to be the amount in the currency of the United States of America that was equivalent to the first‑mentioned amount at the date of the borrowing, as ascertained by the Reserve Bank of Australia.

5 Conditions of guarantees

For the purpose of the protection of the financial interests of the Commonwealth, the Treasurer shall not give a guarantee under section 4 unless:

(a) the moneys are borrowed on terms and conditions that the Treasurer is satisfied are reasonable;

(b) proper security to the satisfaction of the Treasurer is, or is to be, given to the Commonwealth over the aircraft, spare parts and equipment to which the borrowing relates;

(c) undertakings to the satisfaction of the Treasurer are given that the aircraft, spare parts and equipment over which security is to be taken in accordance with paragraph (b):

(i) will be insured, and kept insured, against all risks that it is customary to insure, and to their full insurable value;

(ii) will not be sold or made the subject of a mortgage or charge having priority over the security to the Commonwealth in respect of the guarantee; and

(iii) will not be taken out of Australia for a destination that is not in Australia or a Territory except after the furnishing of such security as the Treasurer requires;

(d) undertakings to the satisfaction of the Treasurer are given that, so long as the amount borrowed, or any interest on that amount, remains unpaid:

(i) officers of the Australian Public Service will have full access at all reasonable times to the financial accounts of Ansett Transport Industries Limited and Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Proprietary Limited when authorized in writing by the Minister for that purpose; and

(ii) each of those companies will do everything within its power to ensure that the officers so authorized have similar access to the financial accounts of any company or firm in which that company at any time has, whether directly or indirectly, a controlling interest; and

(e) such other conditions as the Treasurer thinks necessary are fulfilled.

6 Delegation

(1) The Treasurer may, either generally or as otherwise provided by the instrument of delegation, by writing signed by him, delegate to an officer of the Department of the Treasury any of his powers or functions under this Act, other than this power of delegation.

(2) A power or function so delegated, when exercised or performed by the delegate, shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been exercised or performed by the Treasurer.

(3) A delegate is, in the exercise or performance of a power or function so delegated, subject to the directions of the Treasurer.

(4) A delegation under this section does not prevent the exercise of a power or the performance of a function by the Treasurer.

Notes to the Airline Equipment (Loan Guarantee) Act 1978

Note 1

The Airline Equipment (Loan Guarantee) Act 1978 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 18, 1978 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions

Airline Equipment (Loan Guarantee) Act 1978	18, 1978	16 May 1978	16 May 1978
Statute Stocktake Act 1999	118, 1999	22 Sept 1999	22 Sept 1999	—