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Airspace (Consequentials and Other Measures) Bill
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CONTENTS
Passage History
Purpose
Background
Financial implications
Main Provisions
Contact Officer & Copyright Details
Airspace (Consequentials and Other
Measures) Bill
Date introduced:
House: House of Representatives
Portfolio: Transport and Regional Services
The main purpose is to amend the Civil Aviation Act 1988 in consequence of the transfer of legislative responsibility for civilian airspace management from Airservices Australia (ASA) to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA).
Background on the transfer of legislative responsibility can be found in the Digest for the Airspace Bill 2006.
The Bill itself has no financial implications. The financial implications of the main Airspace Bill are a budgetary cost to the Department of Transport and Regional Services (DoTARS) of $4.2 million for the 2007-08 year, with possible costs beyond that year still to be quantified.
Existing section 9 of the Civil Aviation Act 1988 sets out CASA’s functions. Item 1 provides that any function conferred on CASA by the Airspace Bill or regulations under it are deemed to be functions under section 9.
Item
2 inserts a new section 11A into the Civil Aviation Act
1988. It requires CASA to exercise its powers and perform it in a
‘manner consistent’ with the Australian Airspace Policy Statement (see
the
Items 1 to 5 make minor consequential and technical amendments to the Air Services Act 1995 and the Civil Aviation Act 1988.
Much of the detail regarding
airspace management is contained in regulations. Item 1 allows
for the making of further regulations to facilitate the transition from
measures currently contained in the Air Services Regulations to those
that will be made under the Airspace Bill
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