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2002-2003
Amendments to be Moved on Behalf of the Government
(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Transport and
Regional Services,
the Honourable John Anderson, MP)
The Government amendments to the Civil Aviation Amendment Bill 2003 (the
Bill) will:
• amend the commencement date of the provisions
relating to governance arrangements for the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
(CASA), from 1 July 2003 to the date the Bill receives Royal Assent;
and
• omit the application and savings provisions relating to the
preparation of CASA’s Annual Report for the financial year ending 30 June
2003.
These amendments are necessary as the Bill was not enacted in time
for the new governance arrangements to take effect from 1 July 2003.
Amendment 1 relates to Clause 2, Commencement. The
amendment omits “1 July 2003” in each of the table Items 2, 4, 6, 8
and 10, and substitutes that date with “The day on which this Act receives
the Royal Assent”.
Amendment 2 relates to Clause 4,
Application and savings. The amendment omits subclauses (3) and (4) of
Clause 4, which relate to the preparation of the Civil Aviation Safety
Authority’s Annual Report for the financial year ending June 2003. These
provisions were included in the Bill on the basis that the Board would be
abolished on 1 July 2003, making the Director of Aviation Safety responsible for
the preparation of the CASA Annual Report for the financial year ending 30 June
2003.