AIR NAVIGATION (CHARGES).
No. 87 of 1957.
An Act to amend the Air Navigation (Charges) Act 1952.
[Assented to 12th December, 1957.]
BE it enacted by the Queer’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 1957.
(2.) The Air Navigation (Charges) Act 1952 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 1952–1957.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the first day of January, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight.
3. Section six of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—
Regulations.
“6.—(1.) The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
“(2.) The regulations may, in respect of a flight not specified in the Table in the First Schedule to this Act, prescribe a factor for the purposes of paragraph 4 of that Schedule.”.
First Schedule—paragraph 2.
4. Paragraph 2 in the First Schedule to the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-paragraph:—
“(2.) This paragraph applies in relation to a flight commencing and ending at the one place in Australia without a landing at any other place in like manner as it applies in relation to a flight between places in Australia.”.
First Schedule—paragraph 4.
5. Paragraph 4 in the First Schedule to the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-paragraph (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-paragraph:—
“(1.) The amount of a charge payable under paragraph 2 of this Schedule is—
(a) in the case of a flight specified in the second column of the Table in this Schedule—the amount ascertained by multiplying the unit charge for the aircraft by which the flight is made by the factor specified in the third column of that Table opposite to that flight;
(b) in the case of a flight in respect of which a factor is prescribed by the Regulations for the purposes of this paragraph—the amount ascertained by multiplying the unit charge for the aircraft by which the flight is made by the factor so prescribed; and
(c) in the case of any other flight—an amount equal to the unit charge for the aircraft.”.
First Schedule—paragraph 7.
6. Paragraph 7 in the First Schedule to the Principal Act is repealed and the following paragraph inserted in its stead:—
“7.—(1.) The unit charge for an aircraft is—
(a) where the weight of the aircraft does not exceed 20,000 pounds—the sum of an amount calculated at the rate of Threepence three-farthings for each 1,000 pounds or part of 1,000 pounds of the weight of the aircraft and an amount equal to one-tenth of the amount so calculated; and
(b) in any other case—the sum of an amount calculated at the rate of Fivepence farthing for each 1,000 pounds or part of 1,000 pounds of the weight of the aircraft and an amount equal to one-tenth of the amount so calculated.
“(2.) In this paragraph, ‘weight’, in relation to an aircraft, means the maximum all-up weight of the aircraft as specified in the Certificate of Airworthiness for the aircraft.”.
First Schedule—paragraph 9.
7. Paragraph 9 in the First Schedule to the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “between places in Australia” and inserting in their stead the words “to which paragraph 2 of this Schedule applies”.
First Schedule—Table.
8. The Table in the First Schedule to the Principal Act is repealed and the Table set out in the Schedule to this Act is inserted in its stead.
Second Schedule—paragraph 9.
9. Paragraph 9 in the Second Schedule to the Principal Act is repealed and the following paragraph inserted in its stead:—
“9.—(1.) The Minister or the Director-General of Civil Aviation may authorize such remission or refund of the whole or any part of the charge or additional charge (including further additional charge) payable or paid under this Schedule in respect of an aircraft as he thinks just having regard to the nature, locality or extent of the operations of the aircraft.
“(2.) A remission under this paragraph may be granted subject to such conditions with respect to the operation of the aircraft as the Minister or the Director-General of Civil Aviation thinks fit and, if any such condition is not complied with, the remission shall be deemed not to have had effect.”.
Third Schedule—paragraph 6.
10. Paragraph 6 in the Third Schedule to the Principal Act is repealed and the following paragraph inserted in its stead:—
“6.—(1.) The Minister or the Director-General of Civil Aviation may authorize such remission or refund of the whole or part of the charge payable under this Schedule in respect of an aircraft as he thinks just having regard to the nature, locality or extent of the proposed operations of the aircraft in Australia.
“(2.) A remission under this paragraph may be granted subject to such conditions with respect to the operation of the aircraft as the Minister or the Director-General of Civil Aviation thinks fit and, if any such condition is not complied with, the remission shall be deemed not to have had effect.”.
Application.
11. The amendments effected by this Act apply in the case of a charge payable—
(a) in respect of a flight between places in Australia that is completed on or after the date of commencement of this Act;
(b) in respect of the landing or take-off of an aircraft on or after that date;
(c) in relation to the registration of an aircraft registered under the Air Navigation Regulations on or after that date; and
(d) by the owner of a foreign aircraft in respect of a week or part of a week commencing on or after that date.
THE SCHEDULE. Section 8.
——
Table of Flights.
First Column. | Second Column | Third Column |
Item. No. | Flights. | Factors. |
1 | Canberra–Adelaide....................................................................................................... | 4 |
2 | Canberra–Brisbane....................................................................................................... | 5 |
3 | Canberra–Darwin......................................................................................................... | 10 |
4 | Canberra–Melbourne................................................................................................... | 3 |
5 | Canberra–Perth............................................................................................................ | 12 |
6 | Canberra–Sydney......................................................................................................... | 1 |
7 | Sydney–Adelaide......................................................................................................... | 5 |
8 | Sydney–Alice Springs................................................................................................. | 6 |
9 | Sydney–Armidale........................................................................................................ | 2 |
10 | Sydney–Bairnsdale...................................................................................................... | 3 |
11 | Sydney–Baradine......................................................................................................... | 2 |
12 | Sydney–Bathurst.......................................................................................................... | 1 |
13 | Sydney–Bourke........................................................................................................... | 2 |
14 | Sydney–Brewarrina..................................................................................................... | 2 |
15 | Sydney–Brisbane......................................................................................................... | 4 |
16 | Sydney–Broken Hill.................................................................................................... | 3 |
17 | Sydney–Burren Junction.............................................................................................. | 2 |
18 | Sydney–Cairns............................................................................................................. | 9 |
19 | Sydney–Carinda........................................................................................................... | 2 |
20 | Sydney–Casino............................................................................................................ | 2 |
21 | Sydney–Charleville...................................................................................................... | 4 |
22 | Sydney–Coff’s Harbour.............................................................................................. | 2 |
23 | Sydney–Collarenebri.................................................................................................... | 2 |
24 | Sydney–Coolah............................................................................................................ | 2 |
25 | Sydney–Coolangatta.................................................................................................... | 2 |
26 | Sydney–Cooma............................................................................................................ | 2 |
27 | Sydney–Coonamble..................................................................................................... | 2 |
28 | Sydney–Cootamundra.................................................................................................. | 2 |
29 | Sydney–Corowa.......................................................................................................... | 2 |
30 | Sydney–Cowra............................................................................................................ | 1 |
31 | Sydney–Cunnamulla.................................................................................................... | 3 |
32 | Sydney–Darwin........................................................................................................... | 11 |
33 | Sydney–Deniliquin...................................................................................................... | 2 |
34 | Sydney–Dubbo............................................................................................................ | 2 |
35 | Sydney–Evans Head.................................................................................................... | 2 |
36 | Sydney–Forster............................................................................................................ | 1 |
37 | Sydney–Glen Innes...................................................................................................... | 2 |
38 | Sydney–Goodooga...................................................................................................... | 2 |
39 | Sydney–Goondiwindi.................................................................................................. | 3 |
40 | Sydney–Grafton........................................................................................................... | 2 |
41 | Sydney–Griffith........................................................................................................... | 2 |
42 | Sydney–Gunnedah....................................................................................................... | 2 |
43 | Sydney–Hay................................................................................................................ | 2 |
44 | Sydney–Hillston.......................................................................................................... | 2 |
45 | Sydney–Hobart............................................................................................................ | 6 |
46 | Sydney–Inverell........................................................................................................... | 2 |
47 | Sydney–Kempsey........................................................................................................ | 2 |
48 | Sydney–Lae................................................................................................................. | 14 |
49 | Sydney–Lake Cargelligo.............................................................................................. | 2 |
50 | Sydney–Launceston..................................................................................................... | 5 |
51 | Sydney–Lord Howe Island.......................................................................................... | 2 |
52 | Sydney–Mallacoota...................................................................................................... | 2 |
53 | Sydney–Mildura.......................................................................................................... | 3 |
54 | Sydney–Moree............................................................................................................. | 2 |
55 | Sydney–Moruya.......................................................................................................... | 1 |
The Schedule—continued.
First Column. | Second Column. | Third Column. |
Item No. | Flights. | Factors. |
56 | Sydney–Mungindi....................................................................................................... | 2 |
57 | Sydney–Narrabri......................................................................................................... | 2 |
58 | Sydney–Narrandera..................................................................................................... | 2 |
59 | Sydney–Narromine..................................................................................................... | 2 |
60 | Sydney–Norfolk Island............................................................................................... | 2 |
61 | Sydney–Nowra........................................................................................................... | 1 |
62 | Sydney–Nyngan.......................................................................................................... | 1 |
63 | Sydney–Oakey............................................................................................................ | 3 |
64 | Sydney–Parkes............................................................................................................ | 2 |
65 | Sydney–Perth.............................................................................................................. | 13 |
66 | Sydney–Port Moresby................................................................................................ | 12 |
67 | Sydney–Port Macquarie.............................................................................................. | 2 |
68 | Sydney–St. George..................................................................................................... | 3 |
69 | Sydney–Stanthorpe..................................................................................................... | 3 |
70 | Sydney–Tamworth...................................................................................................... | 2 |
71 | Sydney–Taree.............................................................................................................. | 2 |
72 | Sydney–Temora.......................................................................................................... | 1 |
73 | Sydney–Tocumwal...................................................................................................... | 2 |
74 | Sydney–Tooraweenah................................................................................................. | 2 |
75 | Sydney–Toowoomba.................................................................................................. | 4 |
76 | Sydney–Townsville..................................................................................................... | 8 |
77 | Sydney–Wagga Wagga............................................................................................... | 2 |
78 | Sydney–Walgett.......................................................................................................... | 2 |
79 | Sydney–Warren........................................................................................................... | 2 |
80 | Sydney–West Wyalong............................................................................................... | 2 |
81 | Sydney–Wilcannia....................................................................................................... | 2 |
82 | Sydney–Williamtown.................................................................................................. | 1 |
83 | Sydney–Wollongong................................................................................................... | 1 |
84 | Brisbane–Barcaldine.................................................................................................... | 3 |
85 | Brisbane–Blackall........................................................................................................ | 3 |
86 | Brisbane–Bourke......................................................................................................... | 3 |
87 | Brisbane–Bowen......................................................................................................... | 3 |
88 | Brisbane–Bundaberg................................................................................................... | 1 |
89 | Brisbane–Cairns.......................................................................................................... | 5 |
90 | Brisbane–Charleville................................................................................................... | 2 |
91 | Brisbane–Clermont...................................................................................................... | 3 |
92 | Brisbane–Cloncurry.................................................................................................... | 5 |
93 | Brisbane–Coff’s Harbour............................................................................................ | 2 |
94 | Brisbane–Cunnamulla................................................................................................. | 2 |
95 | Brisbane–Darwin........................................................................................................ | 9 |
96 | Brisbane–Daydream Island......................................................................................... | 3 |
97 | Brisbane–Emerald....................................................................................................... | 2 |
98 | Brisbane–Evans Head................................................................................................. | 2 |
99 | Brisbane–Gayndah...................................................................................................... | 1 |
100 | Brisbane–Gladstone.................................................................................................... | 1 |
101 | Brisbane–Glen Innes................................................................................................... | 2 |
102 | Brisbane–Goondiwindi............................................................................................... | 1 |
103 | Brisbane–Grafton........................................................................................................ | 2 |
104 | Brisbane–Hayman Island............................................................................................ | 3 |
105 | Brisbane–Heron Island................................................................................................ | 2 |
106 | Brisbane–Horn Island................................................................................................. | 7 |
107 | Brisbane–Innisfail....................................................................................................... | 4 |
108 | Brisbane–Inverell........................................................................................................ | 2 |
109 | Brisbane–Kingaroy...................................................................................................... | 1 |
110 | Brisbane–Lae............................................................................................................... | 10 |
111 | Brisbane–Lindeman Island.......................................................................................... | 3 |
112 | Brisbane–Longreach.................................................................................................... | 4 |
113 | Brisbane–Lord Howe Island....................................................................................... | 2 |
114 | Brisbane–Mackay........................................................................................................ | 3 |
115 | Brisbane–Madang....................................................................................................... | 11 |
116 | Brisbane–Maryborough.............................................................................................. | 1 |