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CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1993 NO. 368

STATUTORY RULES 1993 No. 368

Issued by the authority of the Minister for Transport and Communications

Civil Aviation Act 1988

Civil Aviation Regulations (Amendment)

Subsection 98 (1) of the Civil Aviation Act 1988 (the Act) provides that the GovernorGeneral may make regulations for the purposes of the Act and in relation to the safety of air navigation.

Section 66 of the Act gives the Board of the Civil Aviation Authority (the Authority) power to make determinations fixing the amounts of charges in respect of certain matters, or setting out the method of working out those amounts.

Section 66 (1) of the Act defines "charge" so as to cover certain services and facilities provided by the Authority and any other matters that are specified in the Civil Aviation Regulations and in relation to which the Authority incurs expenses under the Act or those Regulations.

The purpose of the Regulations is to specify matters for the purposes of the definition of "charge" in subsection 66 (1) of the Act, thereby bringing those matters within the scope of the Board's charging powers.

DETAILS OF THE AMENDMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

REGULATION 1

This regulation, provides that the Civil Aviation Regulations are amended as set out in the Regulations.

REGULATION 2

This regulation inserts a new regulation 310AA in Part XVIII (Miscellaneous) of the Civil Aviation Regulations. Regulation 310AA contains a list specifying, for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of "charge" in subsection 66 (1) of die Act, a number of matters in respect of which the Authority incurs expenses under the Act or the Civil Aviation Regulations.

Regulation 3100AA brings the matters listed in it within the scope of the definition of "charge" in subsection 66 (1) of the Act, enabling the Board of the Authority to make a determination under section 66 fixing amounts of charges for all or any of those matters, or setting out the method of working out those amounts.

The Regulations commenced on gazettal.