Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The regulations may make provision for and in relation to conferring functions and powers on CASA that are in connection with the administration and regulation of Australian - administered airspace.
(2) Regulations made for the purposes of subsection ( 1) may make provision for and in relation to any one or more of the following:
(a) the classification of volumes of Australian - administered airspace;
(b) the timing of reviews referred to in section 13 and the manner in which such reviews are to be conducted;
(c) the determination of the services and facilities to be provided by the providers of air navigation services in relation to particular volumes of Australian - administered airspace;
(d) the designation of volumes of Australian - administered airspace for the purposes of restricting access to, or warning about access to, that airspace;
(e) the designation of air routes and airways in Australian - administered airspace and the conditions of use of a designated air route or airway;
(f) the giving of directions in connection with the use or operation of a designated air route or airway or of air route or airway facilities;
(g) the determination of aerodromes as controlled aerodromes;
(h) the determination of volumes of Australian - administered airspace as flight information areas or flight information regions;
(i) the determination of volumes of Australian - administered airspace as control areas or control zones;
(j) the regulation of the provision of aeronautical information services;
(k) the obtaining of information from the operators of aerodromes, the owners or operators of aircraft or the providers of air navigation services.
(3) Subsection ( 2) does not limit subsection ( 1).
(4) Regulations made for the purposes of subsection ( 1) may prescribe penalties for offences against the regulations. A penalty must not be more than 50 penalty units.
Note: Regulations under the Civil Aviation Act 1988 also contain some offences in relation to the matters mentioned in subsection ( 2).
(5) Regulations made for the purposes of subsection ( 1) may make provision for and in relation to prescribing charges in respect of the performance of a function, or the exercise of a power, by CASA.
(6) A charge may be set either by fixing the amount or by setting a method of calculation.
(7) A charge must not be such as to amount to taxation.
(8) Regulations made for the purposes of subsection ( 1) may make provision for and in relation to CASA delegating functions or powers to another person.
"aerodrome" has the meaning prescribed by the regulations.
"aircraft" has the same meaning as in the Civil Aviation Act 1988 .
"air route" has the meaning prescribed by the regulations.
"air route or airway facilities" has the meaning prescribed by the regulations.
"airway" has the meaning prescribed by the regulations.