STATUTORY RULES.
1915. No. 113.
PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1915.
Aerial Navigation Regulations.
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1915 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.
Dated this seventh day of July, One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.
R. M. FERGUSON,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
G. F. PEARCE.
Aerial Navigation Regulations.
Short title.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Aerial Navigation Regulations 1915.
Registration of aircraft.
2. Any person who at the commencement of these Regulations has in his possession, or who, at any time after the commencement of these Regulations becomes possessed of, an aircraft, shall, within thirty days after such commencement, or after so becoming possessed, make application in accordance with Form J of the Schedule to the Commandant of the Military District in which he resides for registration of the aircraft.
Penalty: One hundred pounds, or imprisonment for six months, or both.
District Commandant may register aircraft.
3. Upon application being made to the Commandant of a Military District for registration of an aircraft, the Commandant may register the aircraft, and issue to the applicant a certificate of registration in accordance with Form 2 of the Schedule, or may refuse to register it without assigning any reason for his refusal.
Deregistration of aircrafts.
4. The Commandant of a Military District may at any time, for reasons which appear to him sufficient, remove from the register the registration of any air-craft, and thereupon the aircraft shall cease to be a registered aircraft.
Unregistered aircraft not to be navigated.
5. No person shall navigate, or allow to be navigated, an unregistered aircraft.
Penalty: One hundred pounds, or imprisonment for six months, or both.
C.7952.—Price 3d.
Places over which aircraft shall not be navigated.
6. No person shall, except when actually employed in the service of the Commonwealth, or except with the permission of the Minister, or the Commandant of a Military District, navigate, or allow to be navigated, an aircraft over or within ten miles of any fort, arsenal, dockyard, naval establishment, explosive magazine, arms or ammunition factory, military encampment, ship of war, or farm or establishment for horse-breeding, unless he is compelled so to navigate the aircraft by stress of weather or other circumstances over which he had no control, proof whereof shall lie upon him.
Penalty: One hundred pounds, or imprisonment for six months, or both.
Minister may prohibit aerial navigation.
7. (1) The Minister may at any time in the interests of the defence of the Commonwealth prohibit, for such period as he thinks necessary, aerial navigation over any part of the Commonwealth or the territorial waters of the Commonwealth.
(2) Any person who, without the permission of the Minister, proof whereof shall lie upon him, navigates an aircraft over any part of the Commonwealth or the territorial waters of the Commonwealth, aerial navigation over which has been prohibited by the Minister under this Regulation, shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalty: One hundred pounds, or imprisonment for six months, or both;
Aircraft from abroad.
8. No person shall, except with the permission in writing of the Minister of Defence, and subject to such conditions as are imposed, navigate, or allow to be navigated, an aircraft over any part of the Commonwealth from any place outside the Commonwealth, or from any ship other than ships of the Royal Navy or the Royal Australian Navy.
Penalty: One hundred pounds, or imprisonment for six months, or both.
Certain articles not to be carried in aircraft.
9. No person shall, unless authorized by the Minister, or the Commandant of a Military District (proof whereof shall lie upon him), carry in an aircraft over any part of the Commonwealth any explosives, firearms, photographic apparatus, mails, or carrier or homing pigeons.
Penalty: One hundred pounds, or imprisonment for six months, or both.
THE SCHEDULE.
FORM 1 (TO BE IN DUPLICATE).
Aerial Navigation Regulation 1915.
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF AN AIRCRAFT.
Particulars of Applicant.
| Name.............................................................. | |
| Age................................................................. | |
| Address.......................................................... | |
| Occupation..................................................... | |
| Nationality and Place of Birth......................... | |
| Applications will not be accepted from alien enemies or naturalized subjects of enemy origin. | |
| Whether in possession of a Pilot’s Certificate
If so, give particulars. | |
| Type (Biplane, Monoplane, &c.).................... | |
| Maker............................................................. | |
| Year when Built.............................................. | |
| Approximate Number of Miles Machine has
flown........................................................ | |
| Number of Passengers who can be carried besides Pilot................................................................. | |
| Engine—Type................................................. | |
| Engine—Horse-power.................................... | |
Application for Registration of an Air-Craft.—continued.
Particulars of Applicant.—continued.
| Engine—Normal Speed.................................. | |
| Engine—Petrol Consumption, per hour.......... | |
| Engine—Petrol Capacity................................. | |
| Engine—Name of Maker................................ | |
| Engine—Year when Built............................... | |
| State whether previously Registered............... | |
| If previously Registered, existing Certificate of Registration must accompany the application. | |
Date
Signature of Applicant.
FORM 2.
Aerial Navigation Regulations 1915.
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF AN AIR-CRAFT.
Particulars of Registered Owner.
| Name.............................................................. | |
| Age................................................................. | |
| Address.......................................................... | |
| Occupation..................................................... | |
| Nationality and Place of Birth......................... | |
| Particulars of Pilot’s Certificate held by
Owner....................................................... | |
Certificate of Registration of an Air-Craft—continued.
Particulars of Air-Craft.
| Type (Biplane, Monoplane, &c.).................... | |
| Maker............................................................. | |
| Year when Built.............................................. | |
| Engine—Type................................................. | |
| Engine—Horse-Power.................................... | |
| Engine—Name of Maker................................ | |
| Engine—Year when Built............................... | |
I certify that an air-craft of which particulars are stated in this Certificate has been registered in the name of the person above described.
| Here insert: | |
| “This air-craft has not been registered previously”; or “This air-craft is the air-craft registered on the day of 191 , by the Commandant of the Military District in the name of .” | |
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| Dated at | this | day of | 191 |
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Commandant, Military District.
Note.—This Certificate becomes void in the event of the air-craft passing out of the possession of the registered owner.
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