Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liability) Act 1963 (Tas)

Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liability) Act 1963

An Act to provide for the application of certain laws of the Commonwealth to and in relation to the carriage of passengers by air within this State [Royal Assent 2 May 1963]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1. Short title and commencement (1) This Act may be cited as the Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liability) Act 1963 . (2) This Act shall commence on a date to be fixed by proclamation.

2. Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – applied provisions means the provisions of the Commonwealth Act as they apply under this Act as a law of this State; Commonwealth Act means the Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liability) Act 1959 of the Commonwealth and, if that Act is amended, includes that Act as amended from time to time; Commonwealth authority means an authority or officer of the Commonwealth; Commonwealth Regulations means the regulations from time to time in force under the Commonwealth Act for the purposes of Part IV or IVA of that Act , other than regulations made for the purposes of section 41 of that Act; Commonwealth/State scheme means – (a) the Commonwealth Act; or (b) the provisions of the Commonwealth Act as applied by this Act and the corresponding legislation of other States; State includes a Territory; State authority means an authority or officer of this State. (2) The provisions of sections 5 and 26 of the Commonwealth Act apply, by virtue of this Act, to the interpretation of section 4 of this Act in like manner as they apply to the interpretation of section 27 of the Commonwealth Act .