Australian National Airlines Act 1945

Act No. 31 of 1945 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 7 November 2000
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 168 of 1994

The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney‑General’s Department, Canberra

Contents

Part I—Preliminary

1 Short title [see Note 1]...........................

19A Powers of Commission by virtue of matters referred by State Parliaments, etc

Notes

An Act to provide for the Establishment and Operation of National Airline Services by the Commonwealth and for other purposes

Preamble

WHEREAS, in order to ensure, amongst other things, that:

(a) trade and commerce with other countries and among the States are fostered and encouraged to the greatest possible extent;

(b) the maintenance and development of the Defence Force of the Commonwealth in relation to the defence of Australia by air and the establishment of plant and equipment necessary for that Force are assured;

(d) the carriage of mail by air within Australia is promoted to meet the needs of the people of Australia,

it is expedient to provide for the matters hereinafter set out:

BE it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Part I—Preliminary

1 Short title [see Note 1]

This Act may be cited as the Australian National Airlines Act 1945.

19A Powers of Commission by virtue of matters referred by State Parliaments, etc

(1) This section applies in relation to the State of Queensland and the State of Tasmania, being States by whose Parliaments the matter of air transport was referred to the Parliament of the Commonwealth before the commencement of section 10 of the Australian National Airlines Act 1959.

(1A) Where, after the commencement of section 10 of the Australian National Airlines Act 1959, and before the commencement of this subsection, the Parliament of a State has referred to the Parliament of the Commonwealth the matter of air transport, or any other matter that is such that, by reason of the reference, it is within the power of the Parliament of the Commonwealth to make exercisable by the Commission in that State the powers referred to in subsection (1D), the Governor‑General may, by Proclamation, declare that this section applies in relation to that State.

(1B) This section ceases to apply in relation to a State by virtue of subsection (1)or (1A) if there ceases to be in force any Act of the Parliament of the State by which there is referred to the Parliament of the Commonwealth a matter that is such that, by reason of the reference, it is within the power of the Parliament of the Commonwealth to make exercisable by the Commission in that State the powers referred to in subsection (1D).

(1C) This section applies in relation to a State that adopts this section and ceases to apply in relation to that State if the State law by which this section is adopted ceases to be in force.

(1D) The Commission may transport passengers and goods, for reward, by air between any place in a State in relation to which this section applies and another place in that State, and the provisions of this Act apply to and in relation to the provision of transport in accordance with this subsection in like manner as they apply to and in relation to the other functions of the Commission.

(2) The Commission shall not, pursuant to the powers conferred on it by subsection (1D), transport passengers or goods for reward by air between a place in a State and another place in that State otherwise than in accordance with any law of that State applicable to that transport.

(3) Without prejudice to its effect apart from this subsection, this section also has, by force of this subsection, the effect it would have if:

(a) a reference in subsection (1D) or (2) to the Commission were a reference to a body corporate that is a group company for the purposes of the Australian Airlines (Conversion to Public Company) Act 1988;

(b) a reference in subsection (1D) to a State in relation to which this section applies were a reference to a State in relation to which this section applies by virtue of subsection (1C); and

Notes to the Australian National Airlines Act 1945

Note 1

The Australian National Airlines Act 1945 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 31, 1945 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Australian National Airlines Act 1945	31, 1945	16 Aug 1945	17 Apr 1946 (see Gazette 1946, p. 1068)
Australian National Airlines Act 1947	90, 1947	11 Dec 1947	11 Dec 1947	—
Australian National Airlines Act 1952	102, 1952	18 Nov 1952	Ss. 3 and 4: 17 Apr 1946 Remainder: 16 Dec 1952	—
Australian National Airlines Act 1956	105, 1956	15 Nov 1956	23 Oct 1956	S. 4
Airlines Equipment Act 1958	70, 1958	10 Oct 1958	10 Oct 1958	S. 6
Australian National Airlines Act 1959	3, 1959	21 Apr 1959	Ss. 13, 20, 21 and 22: 1 Oct 1959 (see Gazette 1959, p. 3449) Remainder: Royal Assent	Ss. 8(1), 10(2), 22(2)
Australian National Airlines Act 1961	71, 1961	27 Oct 1961	27 Oct 1961	—
Statute Law Revision (Decimal Currency) Act 1966	93, 1966	29 Oct 1966	1 Dec 1966	—
Australian National Airlines Act 1970	55, 1970	25 June 1970	25 June 1970	S. 4
Australian National Airlines Act 1972	130, 1972	2 Nov 1972	2 Nov 1972	—
Australian National Airlines Act 1973	92, 1973	24 Aug 1973	21 Sept 1973	S. 3(2), (3) S. 2(3) (rep. by No. 216, 1973, s. 3)
as amended by
Statute Law Revision Act 1973	216, 1973	19 Dec 1973	31 Dec 1973	—
Statute Law Revision Act 1973	216, 1973	19 Dec 1973	31 Dec 1973	—
Postal and Telecommunications Commissions (Transitional Provisions) Act 1975	56, 1975	12 June 1975	Ss. 4 and 38: 1 July 1975 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 1975, No. S122) Remainder: 12 June 1975	—
Administrative Changes (Consequential Provisions) Act 1976	91, 1976	20 Sept 1976	20 Sept 1976 (a)	—
Administrative Changes (Consequential Provisions) Act 1978	36, 1978	12 June 1978	12 June 1978	—
Australian National Airlines Amendment Act 1980	28, 1980	8 May 1980	1 June 1980 (see Gazette 1980, No. G21, p. 3)	—
Australian National Airlines Repeal Act 1981	78, 1981	18 June 1981	Ss. 3, 6‑12, 13 and 15: (b) Remainder: Royal Assent	—
as amended by
Australian National Airlines Commission Retention Act 1984	67, 1984	25 June 1984	25 June 1984	—
Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Act (No. 2) 1983	115, 1983	16 Dec 1983	S. 41: 1 June 1984 (see Gazette 1984, No. S201) (c)	—
Australian National Airlines Amendment Act 1984	68, 1984	25 June 1984	25 June 1984	S. 3(2) S. 5(2), (3) S. 9(2) S. 18(2)‑(7)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985	65, 1985	5 June 1985	Schedule 1: 3 July 1985 (d)	—
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1986	76, 1986	24 June 1986	Schedule 1: Royal Assent (e)	—
Australian National Airlines Amendment Act 1988	1, 1988	1 Mar 1988	S. 3: 1 July 1987 Remainder: Royal Assent	S. 4
as amended by
Australian Airlines (Conversion to Public Company) Act 1988	6, 1988	9 Mar 1988	(see 6, 1988 below)	—
as amended by
Transport and Communications Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1989	23, 1990	17 Jan 1990	S. 10: 9 Mar 1988 (f)	—
Australian Airlines (Conversion to Public Company) Act 1988	6, 1988	9 Mar 1988	Ss. 15, 16, 52(2), 55, 57, 60 and 69(2): 30 Apr 1988 (see Gazette 1988, S117) S. 52(1): 29 June 1988 (g) S. 52(3): (g) Remainder: Royal Assent	Ss. 54‑57
Qantas Sale Act 1992	196, 1992	21 Dec 1992	S. 25: (h)	S. 2(6) (am. by 60, 1993, s. 4; 168, 1994, Sch. (item 17))
as amended by
Qantas Sale Amendment Act 1993	60, 1993	3 Nov 1993	10 Mar 1993	—
Qantas Sale Amendment Act 1994	168, 1994	16 Dec 1994	Schedule (item 17): Royal Assent (i)	—

(a) By virtue of subsection 2(7) of the Administrative Changes (Consequential Provisions) Act 1976 the amendment made by that Act to the Australian National Airlines Act 1945 is deemed to have come into operation on 22 December 1975.

(b) The Australian National Airlines Act 1945 was repealed by the Australian National Airlines Repeal Act 1981, before a date was set for the commencement of these sections.

(c) The Australian National Airlines Act 1945 was amended by section 41 only of the Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Act (No. 2) 1983, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

(2) Sections 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 and 16, subsection 22(3) and sections 27, 39, 40, 41 and 43 shall come into operation on a date, or respective dates, to be fixed by proclamation.

(d) The Australian National Airlines Act 1945 was amended by Schedule 1 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the twenty-eighth day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(e) The Australian National Airlines Act 1945 was amended by Schedule 1 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1986, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(f) The Australian Airlines (Conversion to Public Company) Act 1988 was amended by section 10 only of the Transport and Communications Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1989, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

(2) The amendment of the Australian Airlines (Conversion to Public Company) Act 1988 made by this Act is to be taken to have commenced on the day on which that first-mentioned Act received the Royal Assent.

(g) Subsections 2(3) and (4) of the Australian Airlines (Conversion to Public Company) Act 1988 provide as follows:

(3) Subsection 52(1) shall come into operation on the day after subsection 11(3) is complied with.

(4) Subsection 52(3) shall come into operation immediately after the commencement of section 15.

(h) The Australian National Airlines Act 1945 was amended by section 25 only of the Qantas Sale Act 1992, subsection 2(6) of which provides as follows:

(6) If a provision of this Act has not commenced before 31 August 1995, the provision is taken to have been repealed on that day.

Section 25 is taken to have been repealed on 31 August 1995.

(i) The Qantas Sale Act 1992 was amended by the Schedule (item 17) only of the Qantas Sale Amendment Act 1994, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
S. 3....................	rs. No. 3, 1959
	am. No. 130, 1972
	rep. No. 216, 1973
S. 4....................	am. No. 90, 1947; No. 3, 1959; Nos. 92 and 216, 1973; No. 28, 1980; No. 68, 1984
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 5....................	rs. No. 216, 1973
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 6....................	am. No. 3, 1959
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 7....................	am. No. 3, 1959; No. 92, 1973; No. 28, 1980; No. 68, 1984
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 8....................	rs. No. 3, 1959
	am. No. 28, 1980
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 9....................	rs. No. 3, 1959; No. 28, 1980
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 10...................	rs. No. 3, 1959
	am. No. 28, 1980
	rs. No. 68, 1984
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 10A..................	ad. No. 68, 1984
	rep. No. 6, 1988
Ss. 11, 12................	rs. No. 3, 1959
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 13...................	rs. No. 3, 1959; No. 68, 1984
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 14...................	am. No. 102, 1952
	rs. No. 3, 1959
	am. No. 92, 1973; No. 28, 1980; No. 68, 1984
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 15...................	rs. No. 3, 1959
	am. No. 92, 1973; No. 28, 1980; No. 68, 1984
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 16...................	rs. No. 68, 1984
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 17...................	am. No. 102, 1952; No. 3, 1959; No. 93, 1966; No. 130, 1972; No. 28, 1980; No. 68, 1984
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 17A..................	ad. No. 28, 1980
	rep. No. 68, 1984
S. 18A..................	ad. No. 102, 1952
	am. No. 216, 1973
	rs. No. 28, 1980
	rep. No. 65, 1985
S. 18B..................	ad. No. 105, 1956
	am. No. 28, 1980
	rep. No. 115, 1983
S. 19...................	am. No. 90, 1947
	rs. No. 92, 1973
	am. No. 28, 1980
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 19A..................	ad. No. 90, 1947
	am. No. 3, 1959; No. 92, 1973; No. 28, 1980; No. 68, 1984; No. 6, 1988
Ss. 19B‑19F.......	ad. No. 92, 1973
	am. No. 28, 1980
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 19G..................	ad. No. 92, 1973
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 19H..................	ad. No. 92, 1973
	am. No. 68, 1984
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 20...................	rs. No. 102, 1952
	am. No. 92, 1973
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 21...................	am. No. 3, 1959; No. 93, 1966; No. 92, 1973; No. 91, 1976; No. 28, 1980; No. 68, 1984
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 22...................	am. No. 3, 1959; No. 92, 1973; No. 56, 1975
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 23...................	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 24...................	rep. No. 3, 1959
S. 25...................	am. No. 92, 1973; No. 68, 1984
	rep. No. 6, 1988
Ss. 26‑29.........	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 30...................	rs. No. 102, 1952
	am. No. 71, 1961
	rs. No. 92, 1973
	am. No. 36, 1978; No. 68, 1984
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 30A..................	ad. No. 92, 1973
	am. No. 36, 1978; No. 68, 1984
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 31...................	rs. No. 102, 1952
	am. No. 93, 1966
	rs. No. 70, 1958
	am. No. 130, 1972; No. 92, 1973; No. 36, 1978
	rs. No. 68, 1984
	am. No. 76, 1986
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 31A..................	ad. No. 92, 1973
	am. No. 36, 1978; No. 28, 1980
	rep. No. 68, 1984
S. 32...................	rs. No. 71, 1961
	am. No. 130, 1972; No. 92, 1973; No. 36, 1978; No. 28, 1980
	rs. No. 68, 1984
	am. No. 76, 1986
	rep. No. 6, 1988
Ss. 32A‑32C.......	ad. No. 68, 1984
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 32D..................	ad. No. 68, 1984
	am. No. 76, 1986
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 32DA.................	ad. No. 76, 1986
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 32E..................	ad. No. 68, 1984
	am. No. 1, 1988
	rep. No. 6, 1988
Ss. 32F‑32H.......	ad. No. 68, 1984
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 33...................	rs. No. 3, 1959
	am. No. 92, 1973
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 34...................	rs. No. 3, 1959
	am. No. 92, 1973; No. 68, 1984
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 35...................	rs. No. 3, 1959; No. 92, 1973
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 36...................	rs. No. 3, 1959; No. 92, 1973
	am. No. 28, 1980
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 37...................	am. No. 102, 1952
	rs. No. 92, 1973
	am. No. 28, 1980
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 37A..................	ad. No. 71, 1961
	am. No. 93, 1966; No. 130, 1972; Nos. 92 and 216, 1973; No. 36, 1978; No. 28, 1980; No. 68, 1984
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 38...................	rs. No. 102, 1952
	am. No. 3, 1959; No. 92, 1973; No. 36, 1978; No. 28, 1980; No. 68, 1984
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 39...................	rep. No. 102, 1952
S. 40...................	rs. No. 3, 1959
	am. No. 92, 1973; No. 36, 1978; No. 28, 1980; No. 68, 1984
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 41...................	rep. No. 6, 1988
Part III.................. (ss. 42‑45)	rep. No. 3, 1959
S. 42...................	rep. No. 3, 1959
	ad. No. 92, 1973
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 43...................	rep. No. 3, 1959
	ad. No. 92, 1973
	am. No. 28, 1980
	rs. No. 68, 1984
	rep. No. 6, 1988
Ss. 44, 45................	rep. No. 3, 1959
Part IV.................. (ss. 46‑49)	rep. No. 3, 1959
Ss. 46‑49.........	am. No. 90, 1947
	rep. No. 3, 1959
Part V.................. (ss. 50‑59)	rep. No. 3, 1959
S. 51...................	rep. No. 3, 1959
S. 52...................	am. No. 90, 1947
	rep. No. 3, 1959
Ss. 53‑55.........	rep. No. 3, 1959
S. 56...................	am. No. 90, 1947
	rep. No. 3, 1959
Ss. 57‑59.........	rep. No. 3, 1959
S. 60...................	am. No. 3, 1959
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 61...................	am. No. 68, 1984
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 62...................	am. No. 28, 1980
	rep. No. 68, 1984
S. 63...................	am. No. 3, 1959; No. 28, 1980
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 64...................	rep. No. 3, 1959
S. 65...................	rep. No. 130, 1972
S. 66...................	rs. No. 3, 1959
	am. No. 93, 1966
	rep. No. 55, 1970
S. 67...................	rep. No. 28, 1980
S. 69...................	am. No. 3, 1959; No. 93, 1966; No. 92, 1973; No. 28, 1980
	rep. No. 6, 1988
S. 70...................	am. No. 93, 1966; No. 28, 1980
	rep. No. 6, 1988

Australian National Airlines Act 1945

Administered by Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts

Part I—Preliminary

1 Short title [see Note 1]

19A Powers of Commission by virtue of matters referred by State Parliaments, etc

Interactions

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Part I—Preliminary

1 Short title [see Note 1]

19A Powers of Commission by virtue of matters referred by State Parliaments, etc

Interactions

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