Air Navigation (Exemption for Commercial Non-Scheduled Flights) Amendment Determination 2020

I, Janet Quigley, delegate of the Secretary of the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications, make the following determination.

Dated  8 May 2020

Janet Quigley

First Assistant Secretary, COVID Aviation Issues Management
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Air Navigation (Exemption for Commercial Non-Scheduled Flights) Determination 2019

1  Name

  This instrument is the Air Navigation (Exemption for Commercial Non-Scheduled Flights) Amendment Determination 2020.

2  Commencement

  This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under subsection 15A(3) of the Air Navigation Act 1920.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Air Navigation (Exemption for Commercial Non-Scheduled Flights) Determination 2019

1  Section 7

Before “This”, insert “(1)”.

2  At the end of section 7

Add:

 (2) However, while the Biosecurity (Human Biosecurity Emergency) (Human Coronavirus with Pandemic Potential) Declaration 2020 remains in force, this section does not apply to a charter flight conducted by an aircraft that is carrying one or more passengers and has a seating capacity exceeding 80 persons.

 (3) In this section:

passenger has the same meaning as in section 9 of the Biosecurity Act 2015.