EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1984 No. 208
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Aviation
AIR NAVIGATION REGULATION (AMENDMENT)
Under section 26 of the Air Navigation Act 1920 the Governor-General may make regulations not inconsistent with the Act for or in relation to the charging and recovery of fees and other charges in respect of matters specified in the regulations, being matters in relation to which expenses are incurred by Australia under the Act or under the regulations, but not being fees or charges the amounts or rates of which exceed amounts or rates that are reasonably related to the expenses incurred by Australia in relation to the matters in respect of which the fees or charges are payable or that otherwise amount to taxation.
Regulation 329 of the Air Navigation Regulations provides that the fees and charges specified in the Schedule to the Regulations are payable in respect of specified regulatory services.
These services relate to authorizations and approvals of aircraft types, issue of certificates of registration, granting of certificates of approval, issue and renewal of licences and certain exemptions and approvals.
The regulations which are expressed to take effect from 1 September 1984 amend the Schedule to the Regulations to increase fees and charges on the basis of a CPI movement of
36.57% between August 1980 and June 1984. Item 15 and all subsequent items of the Schedule are affected. There is no increase in the fees and charges in respect of items 2-9 which relate to personal licences and examinations for such licences.
The opportunity has been taken to delete a number of items from the Schedule. Items 4, 4A, 4B and 4C were included by Statutory Rules No 77 of 1981 to impose a once only renewal fee in respect of certain licences in existence at 1 May 1981. As the maximum period of any licence is 2 years, those items are now spent.