Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liability) Act 1961 (WA)

Western Australia Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liability) Act 1961 Western Australia Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liability) Act 1961 Contents 1. Short title and citation 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Interpretation 1 4. Act to bind Crown in right of the State 2 5. Carriage to which Act applies 2 6. Application of certain provisions of the Commonwealth Act 3 7. Stowaways in aircraft 4 8. Administration of the applied provisions as Commonwealth laws 4 9. Alternative arrangements for administration of applied provisions 5 10. Regulations 5 Notes Compilation table 6 Defined terms Western Australia Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liability) Act 1961 An Act relating to the carriage of passengers in aircraft.

1. Short title and citation This Act may be cited as the Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liability) Act 1961 1.

2. Commencement This Act shall come in, to operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation 1.

3. Interpretation (1) In this Act — applied provisions means the provisions of the Commonwealth Act and the Commonwealth Regulations as they apply under this Act as laws of the State; Commonwealth authority means an authority or officer of the Commonwealth; the Commonwealth Act means the Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liability) Act 1959 of the Commonwealth as amended and in force from time to time; the Commonwealth Regulations means the regulations 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. (2) The provisions of sections 5, 26 and 41B of the Commonwealth Act apply, by virtue of this Act, to the interpretation of section 5 of this Act in like manner as they apply to the interpretation of section 27 of the Commonwealth Act. [Section 3 amended: No. 52 of 1970 s. 2; No. 64 of 1976 s. 3 2; No. 80 of 1996 s. 4.]