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Australian National Airlines Act 1973

No. 92 of 1973

AN ACT

To amend the Australian National Airlines Act 1945–1972

[Assented to 24 August 1973]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Australian National Airlines Act 1973.
(2) The Australian National Airlines Act 1945–1972 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Australian National Airlines Act 1945–1973.

Definitions.
2. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended—
       (a) by inserting after the definition of "air service" the following definition:—
          "'approved bank' means a bank approved by the Treasurer for the purposes of the provision in which the expression occurs;"; and

       (b) by inserting after the definition of "Commissioner" the following definition:—
          "'general manager' means the general manager appointed under section 17;".

Composition of Commission.
3. (1) Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended—
       (a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the words "six Commissioners" and substituting the words "seven Commissioners"; and
       (b) by inserting after sub-section (1) the following sub-section:—
     "(1a) A person may be, at the same time, a Commissioner and the general manager.".
(2) A person who held office as a Commissioner immediately before the commencement of this section continues to hold office as a Commissioner as if he had been appointed as a Commissioner under the Principal Act as amended by this Act.
(3) A person who was, immediately before the commencement of this section, the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman of the Commission continues to be the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman, as the case may be, of the Commission as if he had been appointed as the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman, as the case may be, of the Commission under the Principal Act as amended by this Act.

Meetings of Commission.
4. Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (10) and substituting the following sub-sections:—
"(10) The general manager shall, as far as practicable, attend all meetings of the Commission.
"(11) Where the general manager is not a Commissioner, he shall if the Commission so directs, retire from a meeting of the Commission.".
5. Section 19 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section
substituted:—

Functions of Commission.
"19. (1) The functions of the Commission are—
       (a) to transport passengers and goods for reward by air between prescribed places;
       (b) to engage in other activities to the extent that they are within the limits of the powers of the Commission under a provision of this Act other than this section; and
       (c) to