(1) This instrument applies to and in relation to each of the following:
(a) international air navigation within Australia;
(b) air navigation in relation to trade and commerce with other countries and among the States;
(c) air navigation within the Territories;
(d) air navigation to or from the Territories;
(e) air navigation in which a Commonwealth aircraft is engaged;
(f) all other air navigation within Australian territory of a kind not specified in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e).
(2) Unless otherwise provided, this instrument extends to acts, omissions, matters and things in relation to Australian aircraft engaged in air navigation outside Australia.
(3) This instrument does not apply to:
(a) state aircraft; or
(b) an aerodrome, or any part of an aerodrome, that is under the control of any part of the Defence Force.