AIR NAVIGATION (CHARGES) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 124, 1976
AIR NAVIGATION (CHARGES) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 124 of 1976 - LONG TITLE
AIR NAVIGATION (CHARGES) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 124 of 1976 An Act to amend the Air Navigation (Charges) Act 1952. BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:- AIR NAVIGATION (CHARGES) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 124 of 1976 - SECT. 1. Short title.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Air Navigation (Charges) Amendment Act 1976.*1* (2) The Air Navigation (Charges) Act 1952*2* is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. AIR NAVIGATION (CHARGES) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 124 of 1976 - SECT. 2. Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on 1 December 1976. AIR NAVIGATION (CHARGES) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 124 of 1976 - SECT. 3. Air navigation charges.
3. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:- ''(2) Where the liability of a person to pay a charge under this Act is not discharged within 45 days after the day on which that charge became due and payable, that person is liable to pay to the Commonwealth, by way of penalty, in addition to the amount of that charge, an amount calculated at the rate of 10 per centum per annum upon the amount of that charge remaining unpaid, to be computed from the day on which that charge became due and payable. ''(3) The following amounts may be recovered by the Commonwealth as debts due to the Commonwealth:- (a) a charge that is due and payable under this Act; and (b) an amount payable by way of penalty under sub-section (2).''. AIR NAVIGATION (CHARGES) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 124 of 1976 - SECT. 4. Regulations.
4. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in sub- section (2), after the word and figure ''paragraph 4'', the word and figure ''or 6''. AIR NAVIGATION (CHARGES) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 124 of 1976 - SECT. 5. Schedule 1paragraph 4.
5. Paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended- (a) by omitting from clause (a) of sub-paragraph (1) the words ''the second column'' and substituting the words ''Column 2 of Part I''; (b) by omitting from clause (a) of sub-paragraph (1) the words ''the third column'' and substituting the words ''Column 3 of that Part''; (c) by inserting in clause (a) of sub-paragraph (1A), after the words ''prescribed in'', the words ''Part I of''; (d) by inserting in clause (a) of sub-paragraph (2), after the words ''an item in'', the words ''Part I of''; (e) by omitting from sub-paragraph (2) the words ''the second column'' and substituting the words ''Column 2 of that Part''; and (f) by inserting in sub-paragraph (3), after the words ''A reference in'', the words ''Part I of''. AIR NAVIGATION (CHARGES) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 124 of 1976 - SECT. 6. Schedule 1paragraph 5.
6. Paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended by inserting after the words ''an item in'' the words ''Part I of''. AIR NAVIGATION (CHARGES) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 124 of 1976 - SECT. 7. Schedule 1paragraph 6.
7. Paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-paragraph (3) and substituting the following sub-paragraphs:- ''(3) The amount of a charge payable under this paragraph is- (a) in the case of a landing or take-off at a place in Australia specified in Part II of the Table in this Schedule-the amount ascertained by multiplying the unit charge for the aircraft by the factor applicable in accordance with that Part of that Table in relation to the flight completed by that landing or commenced by that take-off, as the case may be; (b) in the case of a landing or take-off in connexion with a flight in respect of which a factor is prescribed by the Regulations for the purposes of this paragraph-the amount ascertained by multiplying the unit charge for the
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aircraft by the factor so prescribed; or (c) in the case of any other landing or take-off-the amount ascertained by multiplying the unit charge for the aircraft by 8. ''(4) For the purposes of this paragraph and of Part II of the Table in this Schedule- (a) where the last stopping place of an aircraft before it lands at a place in Australia was a place outside Australia, the landing shall be deemed to constitute the completion of a flight that commenced at that last stopping place; and (b) where the first intended stopping place of an aircraft that takes off at a place in Australia is a place outside Australia, the take-off shall be deemed to constitute the commencement of a flight ending at that first intended stopping place. ''(5) In Part II of the Table in this Schedule- 'eastern zone' means the area bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the parallel 25# south latitude and the meridian 135# east longitude, thence bearing generally north-easterly to the intersection of the parallel 10# north latitude and the meridian 180# longitude, thence bearing north along that meridian to the North Pole, thence bearing south along the meridian 30# west longitude to the South Pole, thence bearing north along the meridian 135# east longitude to the point of commencement; 'northern zone' means the area bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the parallel 25# south latitude and the meridian 135# east longitude, thence bearing north along that meridian to the North Pole, thence bearing south along the meridian 180# longitude to its intersection with the parallel 10# north latitude, thence bearing generally south-westerly to the point of commencement; 'north-western zone' means the area bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the parallel 25# south latitude and the meridian 135# east longitude, thence bearing north along that meridian to the North Pole, thence bearing south along the meridian 30# west longitude to its intersection with the parallel 30# north latitude, thence bearing generally south-easterly to the point of commencement; 'western zone' means the area bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the parallel 25# south latitude and the meridian 135# east longitude, thence bearing generally north-westerly to the intersection of the parallel 30# north latitude and the meridian 30# west longitude, thence bearing south along that meridian to the South Pole, thence bearing north along the meridian 135# east longitude to the point of commencement. ''(6) For the purposes of Part II of the Table in this Schedule, a place shall, subject to sub-paragraph (7), be taken to be in the zone referred to in that Part in which the airport serving that place is, or the airports serving that place are, situated. ''(7) Where, by reason that- (a) an airport serving a place is situated partly in one zone referred to in Part II of the Table in the Schedule and partly in another zone so referred to; or (b) one of 2 or more airports serving a place is situated wholly or partly in one zone so referred to and another of those airports is situated wholly or partly in another zone so referred to, 2 or more factors would, but for this sub-paragraph, be applicable in accordance with that Part of that Table in relation to a particular flight, the factor applicable to that flight is the lower or the lowest of those factors.''. AIR NAVIGATION (CHARGES) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 124 of 1976 - SECT. 8. Schedule 1paragraph 7.
8. Paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-paragraph (1) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:- ''(1) The unit charge for an aircraft is- (a) if the weight of the aircraft is not more that 700 kilogrammes-9 cents; (b) if the weight of the aircraft is more that 700 kilogrammes but not more than 9,000 kilogrammes-15.2 cents for each 450 kilogrammes, or part of 450 kilogrammes, of the weight of the aircraft;
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(c) if the weight of the aircraft is more than 9,000 kilogrammes but not more than 20,000 kilogrammes-$3.04 plus 36.4 cents for each 500 kilogrammes, or part of 500 kilogrammes, by which the weight of the aircraft exceeds 9,000 kilogrammes; (d) if the weight of the aircraft is more than 20,000 kilogrammes but not more than 100,000 kilogrammes-$11.05 plus 44.8 cents for each 500 kilogrammes, or part of 500 kilogrammes, by which the weight of the aircraft exceeds 20,000 kilogrammes; or (e) if the weight of the aircraft is more than 100,000 kilogrammes-$82.73 plus 41.5 cents for each 500 kilogrammes, or part of 500 kilogrammes, by which the weight of the aircraft exceeds 100,000 kilogrammes.''. AIR NAVIGATION (CHARGES) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 124 of 1976 - SECT. 9. Schedule 1paragraph 9.
9. Paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is repealed and the following paragraph substituted:- ''9. A charge under this Schedule becomes due and payable at the expiration of 28 days after the end of the month in which the flight, landing or take-off to which the charge relates was completed.''. AIR NAVIGATION (CHARGES) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 124 of 1976 - SECT. 10. Schedule 1-Table of Flights.
10. The Table of Flights contained in Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is repealed and the following table substituted:- TABLE OF FLIGHTS PART I-FLIGHTS BETWEEN PLACES IN AUSTRALIA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Item No. Flights Factors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Canberra-Adelaide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 Canberra-Albury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 Canberra-Brisbane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 Canberra-Darwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5 Canberra-Hobart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6 Canberra-Launceston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 Canberra-Mangalore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 Canberra-Melbourne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 9 Canberra-Newcastle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 10 Canberra-Perth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 11 Canberra-Sydney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 12 Sydney-Adelaide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 13 Sydney-Albury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 14 Sydney-Alice Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 15 Sydney-Armidale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 16 Sydney-Bathurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 17 Sydney-Bourke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 18 Sydney-Brewarrina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 19 Sydney-Brisbane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 20 Sydney-Broken Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 21 Sydney-Cairns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 22 Sydney-Casino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 23 Sydney-Charleville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 24 Sydney-Cobar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 25 Sydney-Coffs Harbour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 26 Sydney-Condobolin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 27 Sydney-Coolangatta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 28 Sydney-Cooma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 29 Sydney-Coonabarabran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 30 Sydney-Coonamble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 31 Sydney-Cootamundra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 32 Sydney-Cowra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 33 Sydney-Darwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 34 Sydney-Dubbo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 35 Sydney-Glen Innes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 36 Sydney-Grafton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 37 Sydney-Griffith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 38 Sydney-Hobart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 39 Sydney-Inverell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 40 Sydney-Kempsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 41 Sydney-Launceston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 42 Sydney-Lord Howe Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 43 Sydney-Mackay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 44 Sydney-Mangalore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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45 Sydney-Maroochydore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 46 Sydney-Merimbula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 47 Sydney-Moree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 48 Sydney-Mount Isa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 49 Sydney-Narrabri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 50 Sydney-Narrandera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 51 Sydney-Narromine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 52 Sydney-Newcastle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 53 Sydney-Norfolk Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 54 Sydney-Nowra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 55 Sydney-Nyngan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 56 Sydney-Orange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 57 Sydney-Parkes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 58 Sydney-Perth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 59 Sydney-Port Macquarie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 60 Sydney-Proserpine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 61 Sydney-Quirindi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 62 Sydney-Rockhampton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 63 Sydney-Tamworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 64 Sydney-Taree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 65 Sydney-Townsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 66 Sydney-Wagga Wagga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 67 Sydney-Walgett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 68 Sydney-Wollongong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 69 Brisbane-Alice Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 70 Brisbane-Birdsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 71 Brisbane-Blackall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 72 Brisbane-Bowen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 73 Brisbane-Bundaberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 74 Brisbane-Cairns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 75 Brisbane-Charleville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 76 Brisbane-Cloncurry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 77 Brisbane-Coffs Harbour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 78 Brisbane-Condamine (Miles) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 79 Brisbane-Coolangatta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 80 Brisbane-Cunnamulla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 81 Brisbane-Darwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 82 Brisbane-Daydream Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 83 Brisbane-Gladstone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 84 Brisbane-Gove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 85 Brisbane-Grafton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 86 Brisbane-Hayman Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 87 Brisbane-Heron Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 88 Brisbane-Hobart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 89 Brisbane-Horn Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 90 Brisbane-Innisfail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 91 Brisbane-Inverell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 92 Brisbane-Lindeman Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 93 Brisbane-Longreach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 94 Brisbane-Lord Howe Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 95 Brisbane-Mackay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 96 Brisbane-Mangalore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 97 Brisbane-Maryborough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 98 Brisbane-Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 99 Brisbane-Mount Isa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 100 Brisbane-Newcastle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 101 Brisbane-Oakey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 102 Brisbane-Perth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 103 Brisbane-Proserpine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 104 Brisbane-Quilpie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 105 Brisbane-Rockhampton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 106 Brisbane-Roma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 107 Brisbane-Tamworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 108 Brisbane-Tennant Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 109 Brisbane-Townsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 110 Brisbane-Winton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 111 Melbourne-Adelaide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 112 Melbourne-Albury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 113 Melbourne-Alice Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 114 Melbourne-Brisbane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 115 Melbourne-Broken Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 116 Melbourne-Coolangatta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 117 Melbourne-Cooma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 118 Melbourne-Darwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 119 Melbourne-Devonport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 120 Melbourne-Dubbo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 121 Melbourne-Flinders Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 122 Melbourne-Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 123 Melbourne-Hobart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 124 Melbourne-Kalgoorlie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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125 Melbourne-King Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 126 Melbourne-Launceston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 127 Melbourne-Mackay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 128 Melbourne-Merimbula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 129 Melbourne-Mildura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 130 Melbourne-Mount Gambier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 131 Melbourne-Newcastle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 132 Melbourne-Perth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 133 Melbourne-Sydney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 134 Melbourne-Townsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 135 Melbourne-Wagga Wagga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 136 Melbourne-Warrnambool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 137 Melbourne-Wynyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 138 Adelaide-Alice Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 139 Adelaide-Ayers Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 140 Adelaide-Birdsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 141 Adelaide-Brisbane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 142 Adelaide-Broken Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 143 Adelaide-Ceduna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 144 Adelaide-Coober Pedy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 145 Adelaide-Darwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 146 Adelaide-Hobart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6