Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1992 No. 82 of 1992 - SECT 9

9. Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting from subsection (1) "A" and substituting "Subject to
        subsection (2D), a";

   (b)  by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsections:

"(2A) In giving an approval under subsection (1) the Minister may direct that
the charges to be made in respect of passengers or cargo taken on or
discharged in Australian territory must be not less than such amounts as he or
she directs.

"(2B) If an aircraft is flown in contravention of this section:

   (a)  the owner, the operator and the hirer of the aircraft; and

   (b)  the pilot in command and any other pilot of the aircraft; are guilty
        of an offence. Penalty:

   (a)  in the case of an individual - imprisonment for 2 years; or

   (b)  in the case of a body corporate - $100,000.

"(2C) The Minister may, by instrument in writing, determine that approval is
not required under this section in relation to a category of commercial
non-scheduled flights.

"(2D) Permission under this section is not required for a flight of an
aircraft if the flight is included in a category of flights in relation to
which such a determination is in force.".