(1) A person may apply, in writing, to the Secretary for the grant of an international airline licence in relation to a scheduled international air service.
(2) Subject to subsection (4), the application must include the following:
(a) the applicant's name and address;
(b) the applicant's contact telephone number in Australia;
(c) if the applicant is a corporation:
(i) if the corporation is incorporated in Australia--its ACN and the address of its registered office; and
(ii) if the corporation is not incorporated in Australia--its business registration details and the address of its corporate headquarters; and
(iii) evidence of its place of incorporation and corporate existence; and
(iv) if paragraph (d) does not apply to the applicant--evidence of the corporation's ownership and control arrangements;
(d) if the applicant is an airline of a relevant foreign country and subject to principal place of business arrangements under an agreement operating between the country and Australia--evidence of one or more of the following:
(i) substantial operations and capital investment in facilities of the corporation in the relevant foreign country;
(ii) payment of tax by the corporation in that country;
(iii) registration of the corporation's aircraft in that country;
(iv) that a substantial proportion of the corporation's employees are citizens of that country;
(e) evidence of insurance coverage for the scheduled international air service in relation to:
(i) passenger liability; and
(ii) third party liability; and
(iii) cargo and baggage liability; and
(iv) liability for injury and loss as a result of active hostilities or civil unrest;
(f) a copy of the relevant Air Operator's Certificate for the scheduled international air service issued under Division 2 of Part III of the Civil Aviation Act 1988 ;
(g) evidence of the relevant transport security program for the scheduled international air service approved under Part 2 of the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004 ;
(h) if the applicant is an Australian carrier within the meaning of the International Air Services Commission Act 1992-- details of the applicant's capacity, as allocated by the International Air Services Commission;
(i) details of the scheduled international air services to be covered by the licence, including the type of aircraft to be used for each service;
(j) any other information that the Secretary requests in writing.
Code sharing services
(3) Each person proposing to engage in a code sharing service must make an application under this section for the grant of an international airline licence in relation to that service.
(4) If the applicant is applying for an international airline licence in relation to a code sharing service, the application:
(a) does not need to include the information mentioned in paragraphs (2)(f) and (g); and
(b) must include details of the international airline the applicant intends to operate the code sharing service with.