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AIR NAVIGATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1996 NO. 340

STATUTORY RULES 1996 No. 340

Issued by the authority of the Minister for Transport and Regional Development

Air Navigation Act 1920

Air Navigation Regulations (Amendment)

Subsection 26(1) of the Air Navigation Act 1920 provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of the Act.

On 1 October 1996 the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1074 (1996), which resolution inter alia lifted all sanctions against the former Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro). An air embargo against Yugoslavia had been implemented by Australia in 1992 following adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 757 (1992). This air embargo was put in place by Air Navigation Regulation 311 F.

Under Article 25 of the Charter of the United Nations, Australia has an international legal obligation to accept and implement Resolutions of the United Nations Security Council. The amendments to the Air Navigation Regulations implement Resolution 1074 (1996) by repealing regulation 311F, thereby lifting the air embargo against Yugoslavia,

Details of the Regulations are as follows:

Clause 1 - Amendment

Clause 1 provides that the Air Navigation Regulations are amended as set out in these regulations.

Clause 2 - Regulation 311 F (Aircraft flying to or from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) - prohibition)

Clause 2 repeals regulation 311F, which regulation implemented United Nations Security Council Resolution 757 (1992) by prohibiting flights between Australia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro). Sanctions against Yugoslavia were lifted by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1074 (1996), adopted by the Security Council on 1 October 1996.

The Regulations commence on notification in the Gazette.