CIVIL AVIATION (CARRIERS' LIABILITY) ACT 1961 - SECT 9

CIVIL AVIATION (CARRIERS' LIABILITY) ACT 1961 - SECT 9

9 .         Alternative arrangements for administration of applied provisions

        (1)         The regulations may provide that —

            (a)         any or all of the provisions of section 8 do not have effect; and

            (b)         any or all of the functions or powers conferred on a Commonwealth authority by or under the applied provisions may be exercised or performed by a person or authority specified in the regulations.

        (2)         To the extent that, because of regulations referred to in subsection (1), the laws of the Commonwealth do not apply to an offence against the applied provisions, the offence is to be regarded as a crime under the laws of the State, but may, at the election of the accused and with the consent of the prosecutor, be dealt with summarily.

        [Section 9 inserted: No. 80 of 1996 s. 7; amended: No. 84 of 2004 s. 82.]