Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AIRLINES AGREEMENT ACT 1981 No. 75 of 1981 - SECT 8

8. (1) The Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations (being Statutory Rules
1956 No. 90, as amended) are amended -

   (a)  by inserting after regulation 4M the following regulation:

Prohibition of importation of aircraft, airframes or aircraft engines



"4N. (1) The importation into Australia of an aircraft, airframe or aircraft
engine is prohibited unless permission in writing to import the aircraft,
airframe or aircraft engine, as the case may be, has been granted by the
Secretary to the Department of Transport.



"(2) The Secretary to the Department of Transport shall, in considering an
application for permission to import into Australia an aircraft or aircraft
engine, have regard to the provisions of the agreement referred to in section
5 of the Airlines Agreement Act 1981, if that agreement has force and effect.



"(3) The Secretary to the Department of Transport may, either generally or as
otherwise provided by the instrument of delegation, by writing signed by him,
delegate to an officer of the Department of Transport any of his powers or
functions under this regulation, other than this power of delegation.



"(4) A power or function so delegated, when exercised or performed by the
delegate, shall, for the purposes of this regulation, be deemed to have been
exercised or performed by the Secretary to the Department of Transport.



"(5) A delegate is, in the exercise or performance of a power or function so
delegated, subject to the directions of the Secretary to the Department of
Transport.



"(6) A delegation under sub-regulation (3) does not prevent the exercise of a
power or the performance of a function by the Secretary to the Department of
Transport."; and

   (b)  by omitting Item 1 from the Third Schedule.

(2) The Governor-General may, by regulation, repeal the regulation inserted in
the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations by paragraph (1) (a).