Terms used

Current

(1)

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

approved form means a form approved by the Director General;

charter services means a service that is not a RPT service;

credit card charge means an amount payable by the licensee to the credit card provider;

Form means a form in Schedule 2;

GST has the meaning given to that term in the Commonwealth A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 section 195‑1;

licensee means the holder of the aircraft licence;

load factor, for a flight, means the number of paying and free‑on‑board passengers divided by the number of seats available for passengers;

net freight revenue means amounts receivable in the month by the licensee for carrying freight on the aircraft, for example, consignment fees and amounts per kilogram of freight, other than amounts in respect of GST;

net passenger revenue means amounts receivable in the month from passengers in relation to operating the aircraft, for example, fares, excess baggage charges and amounts paid by passengers for in‑flight beverages, other than amounts in respect of passenger service fees, credit card charges or GST;

operating costs means amounts payable in the month by the licensee in relation to operating the aircraft, including —

(a)

flight crew and cabin crew costs, including employment and accommodation costs; and

(b)

landing fees, passenger service fees and other similar fees payable to airport operators; and

(c)

turnaround costs payable to airport operators, or other service providers, for services provided in relation to the aircraft at airports, for example, baggage handling and aircraft movement costs; and

(d)

in‑flight catering costs; and

(e)

commissions on reservations and ticket bookings; and

(f)

loyalty scheme costs; and

(g)

promotion costs; and

(h)

aircraft insurance, finance and security costs; and

(i)

costs of maintaining and repairing the aircraft, for example, depreciation and insurance, excluding labour costs and other indirect costs; and

(j)

fuel costs; and

(k)

taxes imposed on the licensee in respect of the operation of the aircraft;

passenger service fee means an amount payable by the licensee to the airport operator in respect of each passenger on a flight to or from the airport;

registration number means the registration number of the aircraft given by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority;

revenue load factor, for a flight, means the Revenue Passenger Kilometres (the number of paying passengers x the number of kilometres flown) divided by the Actual Seat Kilometres (the number of seats available for passengers x the number of kilometres flown);

RPT services means regular public transport services that operate according to a published schedule.

(2)

In relation to a reference to an amount that is payable or receivable in a month —

(a)

an amount is payable or receivable in a month if, in accordance with accrual accounting principles, the amount is payable or receivable at a time in the month; and

(b)

an amount that is payable or receivable in a month is not payable or receivable in any other month.

[Regulation 3 inserted: Gazette 6 Oct 2006 p. 4364‑5; amended: Gazette 27 May 2016 p. 1556.]

[4. Deleted: Gazette 28 Jun 2002 p. 3115.]

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