DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

DETERMINATION UNDER SECTION 12(3) OF THE AIR NAVIGATION ACT 1920

1. I, Michael John Taylor, Secretary of the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, under section 12(3) of the Air Navigation Act 1920, determine that section 12(1) of the Act does not apply to the following categories of scheduled international air services:

a)        scheduled international air services that fly over Australian territory but do not land in Australian territory;

b)        scheduled international air services that land in Australian territory but do not set down or take on passengers or cargo for reward or hire;

c)        scheduled international air services operated in accordance with an agreement, between an international airline and the holder of an international airline licence, that the Secretary approved in writing before the commencement of this determination.

2.                   This determination commences on 20 March 2009.

Date: 16 December 2008

Signed by Michael John Taylor

Michael John Taylor
Secretary
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government