AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS
- In force under the Air Services Act 1995
- Updated as at 9 October 1995
#DATE 9:10:1995
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*1* The Air Services Regulations (in force under the Air Services Act 1995) as
shown in this reprint comprise Statutory Rules 1995 No. 223 amended as
indicated in the Tables below.
Table of Statutory Rules
Year and Date of Date of Application,
number notification commencement saving or
in Gazette transitional
provisions
1995 No. 223 6 July 1995 6 July 1995 (see
r. 1.02 and Gazette
1995, No. S270)
278 26 Sept 1995 1 Oct 1995 -
Table of Amendments
ad=added or inserted am=amended rep=repealed rs=repealed and substituted
Provision affected How affected
R. 5.01 am. 1995 No. 278
R. 5.07 ad. 1995 No. 278
#ADD 13:10:1995
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - TABLE OF PROVISIONS
TABLE
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
1.01. Citation
1.02. Commencement
1.03. Interpretation
PART 2 - AIRSPACE MANAGEMENT
2.01. Purpose of Part 2
2.02. Designation of air routes and airways
2.03. Directions relating to air routes, airways and facilities
2.04. Determination of controlled aerodromes and airspace etc.
2.05. Particulars of air traffic services
2.06. Notice of unavailability of air traffic services
2.07. Declaration of prohibited, restricted or danger areas
2.08. Publication of a declaration
2.09. Designation of flying training areas
PART 3 - AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES
3.01. Purpose of Part 3
3.02. Functions of the Air Traffic Service
3.03. Air traffic services - directions and instructions
3.04. Removal of safety hazards
PART 4 - OTHER SERVICES
Division 1 - Preliminary
4.01. Purpose of Part 4
Division 2 - Rescue and fire fighting services
4.02. Functions of the Rescue and Firefighting Service
4.03. Designation of officers in charge
4.04. Duties and powers of officer in charge
4.05. Arrangements with State or Territory fire brigades etc.
4.06. Action not to lie against AA etc.
Division 3 - Search and rescue services
4.07. Functions of the Search and Rescue Service
4.08. Requisitioning transport for search and rescue operations
4.09. Compensation for loss caused by requisitioning
4.10. Claims for compensation for requisition loss
Division 4 - Aeronautical information service
4.11. Function of the Aeronautical Information Service
4.12. Aeronautical Information Publications and Notices to Airmen
PART 5 - ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS OF AA
Division 1 - Preliminary
5.01. Purpose of Part 5
Division 2 - Compensation for wake vortices damage
5.02. Meaning of damage to property
5.03. Application for compensation for wake vortices damage
5.04. Investigation and consideration of applications
5.05. No right to compensation conferred by this Division
Division 3 - Other functions
5.06. Provision of meteorological information
5.07. Agreement for the collection of aircraft noise levy
PART 6 - STATUTORY LIENS
6.01. Purpose of Part 6
6.02. Register entries on imposition of statutory lien
6.03. Who may request a certificate of statutory lien?
6.04. Register entry on cessation of statutory lien
6.05. Notices relating to statutory lien
6.06. How the Register of Statutory Liens is to be maintained
6.07. Who has the benefit of insurance of seized aircraft?
6.08. Sale of aircraft
6.09. Proceeds of sale - claims by creditors
6.10. Distribution of proceeds of sale
PART 7 - MISCELLANEOUS
7.01. Purpose of Part 7
7.02. Review of decisions
7.03. Evidence of flight
7.04. Evidence - general
7.05. Exercise of powers etc. in relation to existing instruments
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - PART 1
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 1.01
Citation
1.01. These Regulations may be cited as the Air Services Regulations.*1*
SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 1.02
Commencement
1.02. These Regulations commence on the same day as the Air Services Act
1995 commences.*1*
SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 1.03
Interpretation
1.03. (1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
"Act" means the Air Services Act 1995;
"aerodrome" has the same meaning as in the Civil Aviation Act 1988;
"Aeronautical Information Publication" or "AIP" has the meaning given by
regulation 4.12;
"Aeronautical Information Service" or "AIS" means AA in its capacity as the
provider of an aeronautical information service;
"aeronautical information service" means a service:
(a) of a kind referred to in subparagraph 8 (1) (b) (ii) of the Act; and
(b) in accordance with Annex 15 to the Chicago Convention;
"air route" means a specified route between 2 points, the purpose of which
is to channel the flow of air traffic to facilitate the provision of air
traffic services;
"airspace" means Australian-administered airspace;
"airway" means a control area, or a specified part of a control area,
established in the form of a corridor equipped with navigation aids;
"air traffic" means aircraft:
(a) in flight; or
(b) operating on the manoeuvring area of an aerodrome;
"Air Traffic Service" or "ATS" means AA in its capacity as the provider of
air traffic services;
"air traffic services" means services:
(a) of a kind referred to in subparagraph 8 (1) (b) (i) of the Act; and
(b) in accordance with Annex 11 to the Chicago Convention;
"apron", in relation to an aerodrome, means any part that is used for the
purpose of:
(a) enabling passengers to board, or disembark from, aircraft; or
(b) loading cargo on to, or unloading cargo from, aircraft; or
(c) refuelling, parking or carrying out maintenance on, aircraft;
"CAA" means the Civil Aviation Authority established under the Civil
Aviation Act 1988, as in force immediately before the commencement of section
7 of the Civil Aviation Legislation Amendment Act 1995;
"class", in relation to airspace, means a class of airspace referred to in
paragraph 2.04 (1) (b);
"control area" means airspace to which a determination under paragraph 2.04
(1) (d) applies;
"controlled aerodrome" means an aerodrome to which a determination under
paragraph 2.04 (1) (a) applies;
"control zone" means airspace to which a determination under paragraph 2.04
(1) (e) applies;
"designated air route" means an air route designated under regulation 2.02;
"designated airway" means an airway designated under regulation 2.02;
"Director of Meteorology" means the Director of Meteorology under the
Meteorology Act 1955;
"facilities", in relation to an air route or airway, means facilities to
facilitate the safe navigation of aircraft within the airspace of the air
route or airway, including:
(a) visual and non-visual aids along the air route or airway;
(b) visual and non-visual aids to approaching and landing at an aerodrome;
(c) communications services;
(d) meteorological services;
(e) air traffic services;
"flight" has the same meaning as in the Civil Aviation Act 1988;
"flight information area" means airspace to which a determination under
subparagraph 2.04 (1) (c) (i) applies;
"flight information region" means airspace to which a determination under
subparagraph 2.04 (1) (c) (ii) applies;
"IFR flight" has the same meaning as in the Civil Aviation Regulations;
"manoeuvring area", in relation to an aerodrome, means any part that is used
for the take-off and landing of aircraft and for the movement of aircraft in
association with take-off and landing, but does not include any apron;
"movement area", in relation to an aerodrome, means any part that is used
for the surface movement of aircraft, including manoeuvring areas and aprons;
"Notice to Airmen" or "NOTAM" has the meaning given by regulation 4.12;
"prohibited area", means an area declared to be a prohibited area under
regulation 2.07;
"qualified employee", in relation to the provision of a service, means an
employee who:
(a) holds the appropriate licence, rating and endorsement, or any other
authorisation, required by CASA to be held by a provider of the service; and
(b) meets the requirements of any standard, set by CASA, to be met by a
provider of the service; and
(c) meets the requirements of any standard set by AA in relation to the
provision of the service by AA;
"Rescue and Firefighting Service" means AA in its capacity as the provider
of rescue and fire fighting services;
"rescue and fire fighting services" means services:
(a) referred to in subparagraph 8 (1) (b) (iii) of the Act; and
(b) in accordance with Annex 14 to the Chicago Convention;
"restricted area" means an area declared to be a restricted area under
regulation 2.07;
"Search and Rescue Service" means AA in its capacity as the provider of a
search and rescue service;
"search and rescue service" means a service:
(a) referred to in subparagraph 8 (1) (b) (iv) of the Act; and
(b) in accordance with Annex 12 to the Chicago Convention;
"State or Territory fire brigade" means a fire brigade established under a
law of a State or Territory;
"VFR flight" has the same meaning as in the Civil Aviation Regulations;
"volume", in relation to airspace, means a volume of airspace defined by
reference to specified horizontal and vertical points.
(2) In these regulations, a reference to the provision of a service is taken
to include a reference to the giving of a direction, instruction or
authorisation in connection with the service.
(Note: Words and expressions used in the Act have the same meaning in these
Regulations. Some of those words and expressions, and their meanings, are:
AA means the body called Airservices Australia established by the Act;
CASA means the Civil Aviation Safety Authority established by the Civil
Aviation Act 1988.
Other words and expressions defined in the Act are:
aircraft ICAO
Australian-administered airspace late payment penalty
Australian aircraft payable
Australian territory Register
authorised employee Registrar
Commonwealth jurisdiction aircraft service charge
Chicago Convention statutory lien)
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - PART 2
PART 2 - AIRSPACE MANAGEMENT
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 2.01
Purpose of Part 2
2.01. The provisions of this Part are for the purpose of enabling AA to
carry out the functions set out in Part 3.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 2.02
Designation of air routes and airways
2.02. (1) For the purpose of assisting the safe navigation of aircraft, AA
may designate air routes and airways in Australian-administered airspace.
(2) AA may determine the conditions of use of a designated air route or
airway.
(3) A designation or determination does not take effect until published by
AA in the AIP or a NOTAM.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 2.03
Directions relating to air routes, airways and facilities
2.03. (1) AA may give directions, relating to the safety of aircraft, in
connection with the use or operation of:
(a) a designated air route or airway; or
(b) air route or airway facilities.
(2) A direction does not take effect until published by AA in the AIP or a
NOTAM.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 2.04
Determination of controlled aerodromes and airspace etc.
2.04. (1) AA may make the following determinations:
(a) that an aerodrome is a controlled aerodrome;
(b) that a volume of airspace is of a class specified, in accordance with
Annex 11 to the Chicago Convention, as Class A, B, C, D, E, F or G;
(c) that a volume of airspace is:
(i) a flight information area; or
(ii) a flight information region;
(d) that a volume of airspace extending upwards from a specified altitude is
a control area;
(e) that a volume of airspace extending upwards from ground or water to a
specified altitude is a control zone.
(2) A determination under paragraph (1) (b) may provide that airspace of a
specified class ceases to be airspace of that class and becomes airspace of
another specified class, in accordance with specified conditions.
(3) Subject to subregulations (4) and (5), a determination has effect:
(a) for a specified period; or
(b) until a specified event happens; or
(c) for the duration of specified circumstances;
as the case may be, unless earlier revoked.
(4) A determination does not take effect until published by AA in the AIP or
a NOTAM.
(5) A determination in respect of:
(a) a controlled aerodrome; or
(b) airspace of any class; or
(c) a flight information area or a flight information region; or
(d) a control area or a control zone;
is taken to have no effect during any period in which relevant air traffic
services are not provided.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 2.05
Particulars of air traffic services
2.05. (1) AA must publish, in the AIP or a NOTAM, details of the air traffic
services that are to be provided, in accordance with Annex 11 to the Chicago
Convention, for:
(a) a controlled aerodrome; or
(b) airspace of any class; or
(c) a flight information area or a flight information region; or
(d) a control area or a control zone.
including details of the manner in which the services are to be provided.
(2) If an area of Australian territory has been declared under regulation
2.07 to be a restricted area or a danger area, AA may provide, in accordance
with Annex 11 to the Chicago Convention, air traffic services for the airspace
above that area that are at variance with air traffic services that would
otherwise be provided, in accordance with the Annex, for that airspace.
(3) If air traffic services are to be provided under subregulation (2) for
any airspace referred to in that subregulation, AA must publish, in the AIP or
a NOTAM, details of those air traffic services.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 2.06
Notice of unavailability of air traffic services
2.06. If AA is aware of any period during which air traffic services are not
to be provided for:
(a) a controlled aerodrome; or
(b) airspace of any class; or
(c) a flight information area or a flight information region;
(d) a control area or a control zone;
AA must publish, in the AIP or a NOTAM, a notice giving details of the
unavailability of the services, if it is practicable to do so.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 2.07
Declaration of prohibited, restricted or danger areas
2.07. (1) By notice in writing, AA may declare an area of Australian
territory to be a prohibited area, a restricted area or a danger area.
(2) AA must not declare an area to be a prohibited area unless, in the
opinion of AA, it is necessary for reasons of military necessity to prohibit
the flight of aircraft over the area.
(3) AA must not declare an area to be a restricted area unless, in the
opinion of AA, it is necessary in the interests of public safety or the
protection of the environment to restrict the flight of aircraft over the area
to aircraft flown in accordance with specified conditions.
(4) AA must not declare an area to be a danger area unless, in the opinion
of AA, there exists within or over the area an activity that is a potential
danger to aircraft flying over the area.
(5) A declaration must specify an area by reference to its boundaries.
(6) Subject to subregulation (7), a declaration has effect:
(a) for a specified period; or
(b) until a specified event happens; or
(c) for the duration of specified circumstances;
as the case may be, unless earlier revoked.
(7) A declaration does not take effect until it is published by AA in
accordance with regulation 2.08.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 2.08
Publication of a declaration
2.08. (1) AA must publish a declaration of a prohibited area, a restricted
area or a danger area:
(a) if the declaration is to have effect for a period of 3 months or longer
- in the AIP; or
(b) in any other case - in a NOTAM.
(2) Publication of a declaration of a restricted area must set out the
conditions in accordance with which the flight of aircraft over the area is
permitted.
(3) Publication of a declaration of a danger area must contain sufficient
information about the nature of the danger to enable the pilot in command of
an aircraft to take adequate precautions.
(4) If a declaration of a prohibited area or restricted area is to have
effect for a period of 3 months or longer, AA must as soon as practicable
notify ICAO and its member States of:
(a) the declaration of the area; and
(b) the location and boundaries of the area.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 2.09
Designation of flying training areas
2.09. (1) For the purposes of flying training, AA, by notice in writing, may
designate an area as a flying training area.
(2) A designation must specify an area by reference to its boundaries.
(3) Subject to subregulation (4), a designation of a flying training area
has effect:
(a) for a specified period; or
(b) until a specified event happens; or
(c) for the duration of specified circumstances;
as the case may be, unless earlier revoked.
(4) A designation does not take effect until it is published by AA in the
AIP or a NOTAM.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - PART 3
PART 3 - AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 3.01
Purpose of Part 3
3.01. The purpose of this Part is to set out:
(a) the functions of AA in relation to the provision of air traffic
services; and
(b) the powers that are exercisable in connection with those services.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 3.02
Functions of the Air Traffic Service
3.02. The functions of the Air Traffic Service are:
(a) to facilitate the safe and efficient conduct of aircraft flights; and
(b) to facilitate the safe movement of aircraft on the manoeuvring areas of
aerodromes; and
(c) to facilitate and maintain a safe, orderly and expeditious flow of air
traffic; and
(d) to provide advice and information that is necessary for the safe and
efficient conduct of flights; and
(e) to notify appropriate organisations about aircraft known to be, or
believed to be, in need of search and rescue aid, and to appropriately assist
those organisations.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 3.03
Air traffic services - directions and instructions
3.03. (1) For the purposes of regulation 3.02, a qualified employee may give
air traffic instructions and air traffic clearances to an aircraft:
(a) at a controlled aerodrome; or
(b) in airspace to which a determination under paragraph 2.04 (1) (b)
applies.
(2) An air traffic clearance given in conjunction with air traffic
instructions forms part of those air traffic instructions.
(3) For the purposes of regulation 3.02, AA may give instructions to:
(a) aircraft engaged in IFR flights; and
(b) aircraft engaged in VFR flights.
about the use of:
(c) a controlled aerodrome; or
(d) airspace to which a determination under paragraph 2.04 (1) (b) applies.
(4) If:
(a) an area of Australian territory has been declared under regulation 2.07
to be a restricted area or a danger area; and
(b) airspace above that area is airspace to which a determination under
paragraph 2.04 (1) (b) applies;
AA may give instructions about the use of that airspace that are at variance
with instructions given under subregulation (3) about the use of that
airspace.
(5) An instruction given under subregulation (4) is taken to prevail over
any inconsistent instruction given under subregulation (3).
(6) An instruction given under subregulation (3) or (4) does not take effect
until published by AA in the AIP or a NOTAM.
(7) In this regulation:
"air traffic instruction" includes a direction to an aircraft to conduct its
flight in the manner specified in the direction;
"air traffic clearance" means an authorisation for an aircraft to proceed in
accordance with conditions specified in the authorisation.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 3.04
Removal of safety hazards
3.04. (1) If, in the opinion of AA, it is necessary, in the interests of
safety or to facilitate and maintain an orderly flow of air traffic, to:
(a) remove an aircraft, vehicle, animal or other thing from any part of an
aerodrome; or
(b) move an aircraft, vehicle, animal or other thing from one part of an
aerodrome to another;
AA may authorise a person, with any assistance that is reasonable and
necessary, to remove or move the aircraft, vehicle, animal or thing
accordingly.
(2) If AA authorises a person under subregulation (1) to remove or move an
aircraft, vehicle, animal or thing, AA, or an employee or agent of AA acting
in the course of the person's employment or agency, is not liable for any
damage caused, directly or indirectly, to the aircraft, vehicle, animal or
thing, by reason of it being removed or moved under the authorisation.
(3) A reference in this regulation to an aerodrome includes a reference to
an aerodrome:
(a) that is under the control of the Defence Force; and
(b) in respect of which an arrangement under section 20 of the Civil
Aviation Act 1988 is in force.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - PART 4
PART 4 - OTHER SERVICES
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - DIVISION 1
Division 1 - Preliminary
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 4.01
Purpose of Part 4
4.01. The purpose of this Part is to set out:
(a) the functions of AA in relation to:
(i) rescue and firefighting services; and
(ii) a search and rescue service; and
(iii) an aeronautical information service; and
(b) the powers that are exercisable in connection with those services.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - DIVISION 2
Division 2 - Rescue and fire fighting services
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 4.02
Functions of the Rescue and Firefighting Service
4.02. (1) The functions of the Rescue and Firefighting Service are:
(a) to conduct operations to rescue persons and property from an aircraft
that, as the result of an incident at, or in the vicinity of, an aerodrome,
has crashed or caught fire; and
(b) to conduct operations to control and extinguish, and to protect persons
and property threatened by:
(i) a fire at an aerodrome, whether in an aircraft or elsewhere; or
(ii) a fire in the vicinity of an aerodrome that is in, or that
started in, an aircraft.
(2) In carrying out its functions under subregulation (1), AA must give
priority to operations that are conducted:
(a) at an aerodrome; or
(b) within 1000 metres of any boundary of an aerodrome.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 4.03
Designation of officers in charge
4.03. The AA may designate a qualified employee to be the officer in charge
of operations under this Division for:
(a) a specified aerodrome; or
(b) a specified location in the vicinity of a specified aerodrome.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 4.04
Duties and powers of officer in charge
4.04. (1) For the purpose of conducting an operation under this Division,
the officer in charge may:
(a) give directions, that the officer thinks proper, to fire fighters and
volunteers under the control of the officer; and
(b) take measures that the officer thinks proper.
(2) Without limiting the generality of paragraph (1) (b), the officer in
charge may do the following things for the purpose of an operation:
(a) enter (by force, if necessary), take possession of and deal with in any
appropriate way, premises, an aircraft or other property;
(b) close a road or other thoroughfare to traffic;
(c) without payment, use a convenient water supply (including shutting off
water supply from a main or pipe to obtain greater pressure or supply);
(d) disconnect electricity supply to premises;
(e) remove flammable, explosive or other dangerous material from premises,
an aircraft or other property;
(f) order a person to leave premises, an aircraft or other property;
(g) remove from the vicinity of the operation, a person or thing the
presence of whom, or which, in the officer's opinion, is likely to
significantly interfere with the operation;
(h) take a fire engine or other fire appliance onto land or premises;
(j) shore up or destroy a wall or building that, in the officer's opinion,
is insecure or may be dangerous to persons or property;
(k) direct or authorise a fire fighter or a volunteer to do an act or thing
that, under this regulation, the officer is empowered to do.
(3) In relation to an operation, a fire fighter may do an act or thing set
out in paragraph (2) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (h) without authorisation
under paragraph (2) (k), if the fire fighter is of the opinion that, for the
purpose of conducting the operation:
(a) it is necessary or desirable to do that act or thing; and
(b) it is not practicable for the fire fighter to obtain authorisation.
(4) In this regulation:
"fire fighter", in relation to an operation, means:
(a) a qualified employee; or
(b) a member of a fire brigade, or of a rescue or fire fighting service, who
is taking part in the operation in accordance with an arrangement under
regulation 4.05;
"officer in charge", in relation to an operation, means:
(a) the employee designated under regulation 4.03 for the operation; or
(b) if, in accordance with an arrangement under regulation 4.05, the person
in control of an operation is a member of a fire brigade, or of a rescue or
fire fighting service - that person;
"volunteer", in relation to an operation, means a person who has volunteered
to assist in the operation under the direction of the officer in charge.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 4.05
Arrangements with State or Territory fire brigades etc.
4.05. For the purposes of an operation under this Division, AA may make an
arrangement with:
(a) a State or a Territory, or an authority of a State or a Territory - in
relation to the use of a State or Territory fire brigade; or
(b) the Defence Force - in relation to the use of a fire fighting service
provided by the Defence Force; or
(c) any person or organisation - in relation to use of a rescue or fire
fighting service provided by that person or organisation.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 4.06
Action not to lie against AA etc.
4.06. No action lies against AA, or an employee or agent of AA acting in the
course of the person's employment or agency, for injury or damage caused,
directly or indirectly, to a person or the property of a person, by the
exercise of a power under regulation 4.04.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - DIVISION 3
Division 3 - Search and rescue services
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 4.07
Functions of the Search and Rescue Service
4.07. The function of the Search and Rescue Service is to conduct and
coordinate operations:
(a) to search for aircraft that go missing in the course of a flight, and
for passengers or crew of a missing aircraft; and
(b) to assist aircraft, crew or passengers that may be in need of rescue
aid.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 4.08
Requisitioning transport for search and rescue operations
4.08. (1) For the purposes of an operation under this Division a qualified
employee may, if he or she considers that it is necessary to do so:
(a) requisition any aircraft, water craft or land vehicle; and
(b) engage persons to operate any requisitioned craft or vehicle.
(2) A requisition must be in writing and must include the following
information:
(a) the name of the person making the requisition;
(b) the person's authority to make the requisition;
(c) the nature of the craft or vehicle to be requisitioned;
(d) the period for which the craft or vehicle is to be requisitioned.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 4.09
Compensation for loss caused by requisitioning
4.09. (1) Subject to regulation 4.10, the owner of a requisitioned aircraft,
water craft or land vehicle is entitled to recover from AA compensation for
any loss sustained by the owner in consequence of the requisitioning of the
craft or vehicle.
(2) Subject to regulation 4.10, a person engaged by the AA to operate any
requisitioned aircraft, water craft or land vehicle is entitled to recover
from AA compensation for any loss sustained as a result of that engagement.
(3) A claim for compensation under subregulation (1) must be made within 2
years after the relevant requisition is ended.
(4) In this regulation, a reference to a loss sustained by a person
includes:
(a) an expense incurred by the person; and
(b) wages or other remuneration, or other income, foregone by the person.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 4.10
Claims for compensation for requisition loss
4.10. (1) As soon as practicable after receiving a claim in accordance with
regulation 4.09, AA must consider the claim and:
(a) if AA decides that the claim is justified, wholly or in part, pay
compensation to the claimant accordingly; or
(b) refuse to pay compensation and notify the claimant of the refusal and of
the reasons for it.
(2) In considering a claim for compensation AA must have regard to:
(a) in respect of the craft or vehicle requisitioned:
(i) charter rates applicable to a craft or vehicle of that type; and
(ii) the connection between any expense claimed and the use, during
the period of the requisition, of the craft or vehicle; and
(iii) the likely cost of repairing any damage to the craft or vehicle
that occurred as a result of its use during the period of the requisition, in
order to restore the vehicle to its former condition; and
(b) in respect of any expense incurred by a person, or wages or other
remuneration, or other income, forgone by a person - the substantiation
provided by the claimant for the loss sustained; and
(c) in respect of any injury sustained by a person - the cost of that injury
determined in accordance with the Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act
1988.
(4) In subparagraph (3) (a) (iii), "former condition", in relation to a
craft or vehicle referred to in that subparagraph, means the condition of that
craft or vehicle immediately before it was requisitioned.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - DIVISION 4
Division 4 - Aeronautical information service
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 4.11
Function of the Aeronautical Information Service
4.11. (1) The function of the Aeronautical Information Service is to provide
an aeronautical information service in accordance with this Division.
(2) The aeronautical information service comprises the collection and
dissemination of aeronautical information relating to the safety, regularity
and efficiency of air navigation.
(3) Aeronautical information is to be disseminated in connection with the
following matters, services and facilities:
(a) aerodromes;
(b) air traffic services and facilities;
(c) communication and air navigation services and facilities;
(d) meteorological services;
(e) search and rescue services and facilities;
(f) procedures and regulatory requirements connected with air navigation;
(g) notification of hazards to air navigation.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 4.12
Aeronautical Information Publication and Notices to Airmen
4.12. (1) AIS must publish, from time to time:
(a) a publication to be known as the Aeronautical Information Publication
(AIP); and
(b) notices to be known as Notices to Airmen (NOTAMS).
(2) The AIP is to include:
(a) aeronautical information required to be published in the AIP by:
(i) these Regulations; or
(ii) the Civil Aviation Act 1988 or the Civil Aviation Regulations; or
(iii) any other Commonwealth law; and
(b) other aeronautical information that is essential to safe air navigation
and is of lasting relevance; and
(c) instructions on the procedure to be followed, and the particulars to be
supplied, by applicants for a permission referred to:
(i) in Part III of the Civil Aviation Act 1988; or
(ii) in subsection 14 (2) or 17 (1), of the Air Navigation Act 1920;
and
(d) any matter of lasting relevance relating to the facilitation of air
traffic.
(3) NOTAMS are to include:
(a) aeronautical information required to be published in a NOTAM by:
(i) these Regulations; or
(ii) the Civil Aviation Act 1988 or the Civil Aviation Regulations; or
(iii) any other Commonwealth law; and
(b) other aeronautical information, of importance to safe air navigation,
that:
(i) requires early publication and can be published more quickly in
NOTAMS than in the AIP; or
(ii) is of temporary relevance.
(4) AIS must publish information of a kind referred to in subregulation (2)
or (3) that is received for publication:
(a) within the Aeronautical Information Regulation and Control Cycle next
following the receipt of the information, as set out in Annex 15 to the
Chicago Convention; or
(b) if another period is agreed to between AIS and the person submitting the
information for publication - within that period.
(5) AIS must forward to ICAO a copy of:
(a) the AIP and any amendment of the AIP; and
(b) each NOTAM.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - PART 5
PART 5 - ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS OF AA
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - DIVISION 1
Division 1 - Preliminary
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 5.01
Purpose of Part 5
5.01. The purpose of this Part is to set out additional AA functions
relating to:
(a) the payment of compensation for damage to property by wake vortices
caused by the operation of Commonwealth jurisdiction aircraft; and
(b) the provision of meteorological information; and
(c) the collection of certain levies.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - DIVISION 2
Division 2 - Compensation for wake vortices damage
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 5.02
Meaning of damage to property
5.02. In this Division a reference to damage to property does not include
damage to an aircraft in flight.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 5.03
Application for compensation for wake vortices damage
5.03. An owner of property that has been damaged by wake vortices produced
by a Commonwealth jurisdiction aircraft may apply in writing to AA for
compensation in respect of that damage.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 5.04
Investigation and consideration of applications
5.04. (1) As soon as practicable after an application for compensation for
wake vortices damage is received, AA must make an investigation to establish
whether the damage is compensatable damage.
(2) On completing an investigation, AA:
(a) subject to subregulation (3) - may decide to pay compensation to the
applicant; or
(b) may refuse to pay compensation.
(3) AA must not pay compensation unless it is satisfied that the damage is
compensatable damage.
(4) In making a decision under subregulation (2), AA must have regard to:
(a) the nature of the damage that may generally be expected to be caused by
wake vortices; and
(b) the areas that are likely to be affected by wake vortices; and
(c) whether, at the relevant time, the nature of aircraft operations in the
area where the damage occurred, having regard to the weather in the area at
that time, was likely to generate wake vortices of sufficient force to cause
the damage; and
(d) the likely cost of repairing the damage in order to restore the property
to its former condition.
(5) In paragraph (4) (d), "former condition", in relation to property
referred to in that paragraph, means the condition of the property immediately
before the damage occurred.
(6) AA must notify an applicant of its decision under subregulation (2) as
soon as practicable and, as the case requires:
(b) pay the compensation; or
(b) give reasons for its refusal to pay compensation.
(7) If AA decides to pay an amount of compensation that is less than the
amount applied for, it must give the applicant its reasons for paying a lesser
amount.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 5.05
No right to compensation conferred by this Division
5.05. Nothing in this Division is taken to confer a right on any person to
receive compensation for damage caused by wake vortices produced by the
operation of Commonwealth jurisdiction aircraft.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - DIVISION 3
Division 3 - Other functions
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 5.06
Provision of meteorological information
5.06. (1) AA may make arrangements with the Director of Meteorology for the
provision of meteorological information:
(a) in any form and manner; and
(b) at any place;
that AA considers necessary for the safe, regular or efficient operation of
aircraft, in accordance with the Chicago Convention.
(2) If there is any information of a kind referred to in subregulation (1)
that cannot be provided under arrangements made under that subregulation, AA
may make any other arrangements that are necessary for the provision of that
information.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 5.07
Agreement for the collection of aircraft noise levy
5.07. (1) AA may enter into an agreement under section 17 of the Aircraft
Noise Levy Collection Act 1995 for the receipt or custody, on behalf of the
Commonwealth, of:
(a) levy imposed by the Aircraft Noise Levy Act 1995; or
(b) late-payment penalty imposed by the Aircraft Noise Levy Collection Act
1995;
in respect of the operation of Commonwealth jurisdiction aircraft.
(2) It is a function of AA to give effect to any agreement, of a kind
referred to in subregulation (1), that is entered into by AA.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - PART 6
PART 6 - STATUTORY LIENS
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 6.01
Purpose of Part 6
6.01. The purpose of this Part is to supplement the provisions of Division 4
of Part 5 of the Act, which deal with statutory liens on aircraft for payment
of unpaid service charges.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 6.02
Register entries on imposition of statutory lien
6.02. For the purposes of subsection 58 (1) of the Act, an entry in the
Register must include, in relation to an aircraft to which that subsection
applies:
(a) the registration mark of the aircraft; and
(b) a description of the aircraft; and
(c) the name and address of the person by whom the service charge in respect
of the aircraft is payable; and
(d) the identifying number given to the lien by the Registrar; and
(e) the time and date when the entry is made.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 6.03
Who may request a certificate of statutory lien?
6.03. For the purposes of subsection 60 (1) of the Act, the following
persons are prescribed persons in relation to an aircraft:
(a) the holder of the certificate of registration of the aircraft;
(b) the owner, or the agent of the owner, of the aircraft;
(c) if an authorised employee is satisfied that a person has a security
interest in the aircraft - that person;
(d) a person authorised in writing by a person referred to in paragraph (a),
(b) or (c).
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 6.04
Register entry on cessation of statutory lien
6.04. For the purposes of subsection 61 (2) of the Act, the Registrar must
enter in the Register notice that the statutory lien has ceased to have
effect, and the date of cessation.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 6.05
Notices relating to statutory lien
6.05. (1) For the purposes of subsection 62 (1) of the Act, a notice of an
entry made in the Register under section 58 of the Act in respect of an
aircraft must contain:
(a) the identifying number of the lien; and
(b) the date and time when the entry was made; and
(c) the description and registration mark of the aircraft; and
(d) the name and address of the person by whom the service charge to which
the lien relates is payable.
(2) For the purposes of subsection 62 (1) of the Act, a notice of an entry
made in the Register under section 61 of the Act that a statutory lien has
ceased to have effect must contain:
(a) the identifying number of the lien; and
(b) the description and registration mark of the aircraft; and
(c) the date on which the lien ceased to have effect.
(3) For the purposes of subsection 62 (1) of the Act, the following persons
are prescribed persons in relation to the service of a notice:
(a) each person who is the owner, operator, lessee, hirer, charterer or
pilot in command, of the aircraft;
(b) if the person by whom the relevant service charge is payable is not a
person referred to in paragraph (a) - that person;
(c) if an authorised employee is satisfied that a person has a security
interest in the aircraft - that person.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 6.06
How the Register of Statutory Liens is to be maintained
6.06. (1) For the purposes of subsection 63 (2) of the Act, the Registrar
must:
(a) maintain the Register in the central office of AA; and
(b) hold up-to-date copies of the Register in the other offices of AA.
(2) Each copy of the Register must be open for public inspection at the
office of AA where it is held, from 9.30 a.m. until 4.30 p.m. every day
(except weekends and public holidays).
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 6.07
Who has the benefit of insurance of seized aircraft?
6.07. For the purposes of subsection 65 (2) of the Act, the insurance of an
aircraft is for the benefit of the following persons:
(a) AA;
(b) the owner of the aircraft;
(c) if an authorised employee is satisfied that a person has a security
interest in the aircraft - that person.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 6.08
Sale of aircraft
6.08. (1) For the purposes of paragraph 66 (2) (a) of the Act, in order to
effect the sale of an aircraft AA must:
(a) ascertain the aircraft's value by means of a survey of the aircraft;
and
(b) publish a notice, stating AA's intention to sell the aircraft and
setting out the proposed method of sale:
(i) in a newspaper circulating in each State and Territory; and
(ii) in another newspaper circulating in the State or Territory in
which it is intended to sell the aircraft; and
(c) if satisfactory terms and conditions of sale can be agreed between AA
and a purchaser - sell the aircraft in accordance with the proposed method of
sale.
(2) For the purposes of subsection 66 (3) of the Act, at least 14 days
before the date on which it is intended to sell an aircraft, AA must publish a
notice of the proposed sale:
(a) in each newspaper in which a notice was published under paragraph (1)
(b); and
(b) if AA considers it necessary, for the purpose of bringing the proposed
sale to the notice of the persons referred to in regulation 6.03, to publish a
notice of the proposed sale in another newspaper - in that newspaper.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 6.09
Proceeds of sale - claims by creditors
6.09. (1) For the purposes of section 67 of the Act, as soon as practicable
after the sale of an aircraft, AA must publish a notice:
(a) inviting persons claiming a security interest in the aircraft that was
created before the date of sale of the aircraft, to make a claim in respect of
that interest in accordance with this regulation; and
(b) stating that the claim must be made before the end of the period
specified in the notice, being a period of at least 21 days after the date of
the notice.
(2) The notice must be published:
(a) in a newspaper circulating in each State and Territory; and
(b) if an authorised employee so determines for the purposes of
subregulation (1) - in another newspaper.
(3) A claim must:
(a) be in writing signed by, or on behalf of, the claimant; and
(b) set out particulars of the security interest, including:
(i) when the interest was created; and
(ii) when the debt secured by the interest was incurred; and
(c) be given to AA, together with written evidence substantiating the nature
and extent of the interest claimed, before the end of the period specified in
the notice.
(4) An authorised employee must:
(a) consider each claim made in accordance with this regulation; and
(b) not later than 14 days after AA receives the claim:
(i) approve the claim wholly or partly, as appropriate; or
(ii) reject the claim.
(5) If the authorised employee rejects a claim, or approves it wholly or in
part, he or she must inform the claimant in writing of the decision and the
grounds for it, within 28 days.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 6.10
Distribution of proceeds of sale
6.10. (1) For the purposes of section 67 of the Act, AA must:
(a) pay the proceeds of sale of a seized aircraft into a trust account
approved by the Minister for Finance for the purposes of this subregulation;
and
(b) hold the proceeds in that trust account until they are dealt with in
accordance with this regulation.
(2) AA must distribute the proceeds in the following order:
(a) first, in payment of expenses incurred by AA in relation to the
performance of any functions, or the exercise of any powers, under section 64
or 66 of the Act;
(b) second, in payment of a debt incurred before the registration of the
statutory lien, to the extent that the debt is secured by an approved security
interest (other than a floating charge) created before the registration;
(c) third, in payment of an outstanding amount secured by the statutory
lien;
(d) fourth, in payment of a debt that is not secured, or to the extent that
it is not secured, by an approved security interest of a kind mentioned in
paragraph (b).
(3) After the proceeds are distributed, AA must:
(a) cause the remainder (if any) of the proceeds to be paid to the person
who was the owner of the aircraft immediately before the sale, or to the agent
of that person; and
(b) give a written statement, containing particulars of the distribution, to
that person, or to the agent of the person.
(4) No action lies against AA, or against an employee or agent of AA acting
in the course of the person's employment or agency, for recovery of a debt
that is not secured by an approved security interest.
(5) In this regulation "approved security interest" means a security
interest that is approved, or approved in part, under subregulation 6.09 (4).
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - PART 7
PART 7 - MISCELLANEOUS
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 7.01
Purpose of Part 7
7.01. The purpose of this Part is to make further provision relating to
matters set out in these Regulations.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 7.02
Review of decisions
7.02. (1) A person affected by a decision made under:
(a) regulation 4.10 (compensation in respect of requisitioned craft etc.);
or
(b) regulation 5.04 (compensation for wake vortices damage); or
(c) regulation 6.09 (proceeds of sale of an aircraft);
may make a written application to AA to reconsider the decision.
(2) The application must be made:
(a) within 28 days after the day on which the decision first comes to the
notice of the applicant; or
(b) within such further period as AA allows, either before or after the end
of that 28 day period.
(3) The application must set out the grounds on which the applicant is
requesting reconsideration of the decision.
(4) Within 28 days after receiving the application, AA must reconsider the
decision and affirm or revoke the decision, or vary the decision, as AA thinks
fit.
(5) If AA affirms, revokes or varies a decision, AA must inform the
applicant in writing of the result of the reconsideration of the decision, and
give its reasons.
(6) Application may be made under the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act
1975 to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of a decision that has
been affirmed or varied by AA under subregulation (4).
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 7.03
Evidence of a flight
7.03. (1) For the purpose of establishing liability to any service charge or
late payment penalty, a flight by an aircraft may be identified by
documentation that includes:
(a) a flight strip summary, being a document known by that description
issued by AA for the purpose of enabling employees to compile records of
aircraft movements in relation to aerodromes; or
(b) a message extracted from the message switching system known as the
Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunication Network and referred to in Annex 10 to
the Chicago Convention; or
(c) a flight plan submitted to ATS by the pilot in command of the aircraft;
or
(d) an invoice, being an invoice containing a printout of computerised
records of each flight to which the invoice relates.
(2) A document of a kind referred to in paragraph (1) (a), (b), (c) or (d)
is prima facie evidence of the matters stated in it.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 7.04
Evidence - general
7.04. (1) AA may certify, in writing, that:
(a) a document annexed to the certificate is a true copy of an extract from
the AIP, or of a NOTAM, determination, declaration, direction, instruction,
authority, notice or other document made, given or issued under these
Regulations; and
(b) the document of which the document annexed to the certificate is
certified to be a true copy, was, on a specified date or between specified
dates, posted to a specified person in connection with any proceedings.
(2) AA, or the employee having custody of the appropriate records of AA, may
certify, in writing, that, during a specified period or on a specified date:
(a) any airspace was, or was not, a designated air route or a designated
airway; or
(b) any facility was, or was not, established in relation to an air route or
an airway; or
(c) an aerodrome was, or was not, a controlled aerodrome; or
(d) a determination under regulation 2.04 applied, or did not apply, to any
specified airspace.
(3) In any proceedings, a certificate purporting to have been given under
this regulation:
(a) is taken to be a certificate given by AA or by a person empowered under
this regulation to give the certificate, unless the contrary is proved; and
(b) is evidence:
(i) of the facts stated in the certificate; and
(ii) if the certificate certifies as to a matter referred to in
paragraph (1) (b) - that the document to which the certificate relates was
received by the specified person on or about the time at which it would have
been received in the ordinary course of post.
(5) In this regulation, "proceedings" means:
(a) proceedings in any court; or
(b) any other proceedings under the Act or these Regulations; or
(c) proceedings to which this regulation is stated, by any other
Commonwealth law, to apply.
AIR SERVICES REGULATIONS - REG 7.05
Exercise of powers etc. in relation to existing instruments
7.05. (1) AA may:
(a) carry out any function under Part 3; or
(b) exercise any power under Part 2 or Part 3, or under regulation 7.04;
in relation to:
(c) an instrument:
(i) made under regulation 87, 99, 99AA, 140 or 141 of the Civil
Aviation Regulations; and
(ii) continued in effect by section 10 of the Civil Aviation
Legislation Amendment Act 1995; or
(d) any aerodrome or airspace to which that instrument applies;
as if that instrument had been made under the corresponding provision in Part
2.
(2) The powers referred to in paragraph (1) (b) include, in the case of an
instrument to which paragraph 10 (1) (b) of the Civil Aviation Legislation
Amendment Act 1995 applies, power to vary or revoke the instrument.