3. Powers of Director of Civil Aviation-(1) Section 3 of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding the following subsection: "(4) Any regulations under this section may confer on the Director of Civil Aviation power to issue, in such manner as may be prescribed, instructions, orders, or requirements for the purpose of ensuring the safety of aircraft engaged in civil aviation and, where the regulations so provide, any such instruction, order, or requirement shall be complied with by all persons affected thereby." (2) This section shall be deemed to have come into force on the twenty-sixth day of August, nineteen hundred and forty-eight. 4. Powers of Minister in respect of aerodromes—(1) The principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after section 3A (as inserted by section 4 of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 1955), the following section: "3B. (1) In the exercise of his powers or functions under this Act and subject to the provisions thereof, the Minister may do all that is necessary or convenient to be done for, or as incidental to the establishment, maintenance, and operation by him of any aerodrome under his complete or partial control or of any services or facilities in connection with the operation of any such aerodrome in all respects as if the operation of the aerodrome or of the services or facilities were a commercial undertaking and in particular may himself carry out any work or undertaking in respect of which he is authorised to enter into an agreement under subsection (3) of this section. "(2) Any power given to the Minister under this Act in respect of any aerodrome or any facilities in connection with any aerodrome may be exercised by him whether or not the aerodrome or the facilities had been established by him under this Act. "(3) The Minister and any one or more local authorities, bodies, or persons may from time to time enter into and carry out such agreements for the execution, control, operation, or management of any work or undertaking authorised by this Act as may to them seem most suited to the circumstances. "(4) Any agreement entered into under subsection (3) of this section may provide: "(a) For the establishment, maintenance, or operation of any aerodrome or services and facilities in con nection with the operation of the aerodrome as a joint undertaking between the Minister and any other party or parties to the agreement: "(b) For the vesting of aerodrome buildings and facilities in trust for aerodrome purposes in any authority, body, or person approved by the Minister in that behalf: "(c) For the exchange, leasing, or subleasing of land or buildings vested in the Crown for the purposes of this Act and not immediately required for those purposes: "(d) For the transfer of the management of any aerodrome under the control of the Minister or of any facilities connected with the operation of any such aerodrome, from the Minister to any other party or parties to the agreement at such time and on such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon: "(e) For the transfer to the Minister of the control, management, or operation of any aerodrome, or any facilities in connection with the operation of any aerodrome, under the control of any authority, body, or person and for the vesting in or leasing to the Minister of any real or personal property necessary for the purpose of any such transfer: "(f) For the establishment, maintenance, management, and operation at any aerodrome of refreshment rooms, bookstalls, booking offices, travel agencies, and such other facilities as may be considered necessary or convenient for the operation of the aerodrome or for the convenience of persons using the aerodrome: "(g) For contributions by parties to the agreement in respect of the cost of any work or undertaking to which the agreement relates: "(h) For the apportionment or allocation between parties to the agreement of the cost of any work or undertaking to which the agreement relates: "(i) For the payment of grants or subsidies or the making of advances to any party to the agreement in respect of any work or undertaking to which the agreement relates: "(j) For the entering into contracts of insurance by any party to the agreement in respect of such matters in relation to the agreement as may require the provision of insurance. "(5) Any agreement entered into under subsection (3) of this section may from time to time be varied by the parties thereto or may be terminated in accordance with the terms thereof. "(6) Any agreement relating to the development or reconstruction of an aerodrome entered into by the Minister of Works under section 31 of the Finance Act (No. 3) 1944 may include any provision referred to in subsection (4) of this section.' (2) Any agreement entered into or any thing done before the commencement of this section which would have been lawful if this section had been in force at the time when the agreement was entered into or the thing was done is hereby validated and declared to have been lawful. 5. Indemnity in respect of certain messages-The principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after section 10, the following section: "10A. (1) No person shall have any right to compensation nor shall any liability be imposed upon Her Majesty or the Minister by reason of any error, omission, or delay in the transmission or delivery of any message to which this section applies. (2) This section applies to any message of a class prescribed in that behalf by regulations under this Act (not being a message which may affect the safety of any aircraft or a message transmitted to or from any aircraft) transmitted through any aeronautical communications service established under this Act and operated by or under the control of the Minister." Title ANALYSIS 1. Short Title 2. Duration of licences 1960, No. 51 An Act to amend the Air Services Licensing Act 1951 [25 October 1960 BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. Short Title-This Act may be cited as the Air Services Licensing Amendment Act 1960, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Air Services Licensing Act 1951* (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act). 2. Duration of licences (1) Section 25 of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words "five years", and substituting the words "seven years". (2) Subsection (8) of section 27 of the principal Act (as substituted by section 6 of the Air Services Licensing Amendment Act 1958) is hereby amended by omitting the words "five years", and substituting the words "seven years". *1957 Reprint, Vol. 1, p. 177 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REPUBLIC ACT No. 776 AN ACT TO REORGANIZE THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD AND THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINSTRATION TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF CIVIL AERONAUTICS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: CHAPTER I.-TITLE AND PURPOSE SECTION 1. Title of Act.-The title of this Act shall be "The Civil Aeronautics Act of the Philippines." SEC. 2. Purpose and scope of act. The general purpose of this Act is the reorganization of the Civil Aeronautics Board and the Civil Aeronautics Administration, defining their powers and duties and making certain adjustment of funds and personnel in connection therewith; and the regulation of civil aeronautics. The provisions of this Act and the rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto shall not apply except with respect to aid traffic rules, to military aircraft and airmen of the Philippines and of foreign countries and to foreign civil and public aircraft and airmen other than those covered by Chapters III and IV hereof. CHAPTER II. -GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 3. Words and phrases defined. The following definitions shall control in the application and construction of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Administrator" means the Civil Aeronautics Administrator. (b) "Aerodrome" means a defined area on land or water, including any buildings, installations and equipment intended to be used either wholly or in part for the arrival, departure and movement of aircraft. (c) "Aeronautics" means the science and art of flight. (d) "Aeronautical telecommunication" means and includes any telegraph or telephone communication signs, signals, writings, images and sounds of any nature, by wire, radio or other systems or processes of signalling, used in the aeronautical service. (e) "Aeronautical telecommunication station" means any station. operated to provide telecommunications for aeronautical purposes. (f) "Air carrier" means a person who undertakes, whether directly or indirectly, or by a lease or any other arrangements, to engage in air transportation or air commerce. 1 Published in English in Laws and Resolutions (1952), Republic of the Philippines, Office of the President, vol. VII, p. 312. |