Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) A person (the applicant ) may apply in writing to the Secretary for the granting of a licence in relation to a scheduled international air service (an international airline licence ).
(2) Except as provided in subregulation (4) and regulation 16A, 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 it is incorporated in Australia -- its ACN number; and
(ii) if it is not incorporated in Australia -- its business registration details; and
(iii) evidence of the place at which it was incorporated, or has its corporate headquarters; and
(iv) evidence of its corporate existence; and
(v) if paragraph (d) does not apply to the applicant -- evidence of its ownership and control arrangements;
(d) if the applicant is an airline of a foreign country and is subject to principal place of business arrangements under a relevant 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 foreign country;
(ii) payment of tax by the corporation in the foreign country;
(iii) registration of the corporation's aircraft in the foreign country;
(iv) a substantial proportion of the corporation's employees being citizens of the foreign country;
(e) evidence of insurance coverage for the scheduled international air service in relation to the following:
(i) passenger liability;
(ii) third party liability;
(iii) cargo and baggage liability;
(iv) 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 that has been 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 under section 4 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 that are to be covered by the licence, including the type of aircraft to be used for each service;
(j) any other information relating to the application that the Secretary, in writing, requests.
(3) Each person proposing to engage in a code sharing service must make an application under this regulation in relation to that service.
(4) However, if the applicant is applying for an international airline licence only in relation to a code sharing service, the following apply to the applicant:
(a) the application does not need to include the information in paragraphs (2) (f) and (g);
(b) the application must include details of the international airline the applicant intends to operate a code sharing service with.
(5) If the Secretary makes a request to the applicant for information under paragraph (2) (j), the Secretary may refuse to make a decision on the application until the applicant provides the requested information.