Contents

Part I--Preliminary                                                                                                                 1

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ....................................................................... 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

4............ Interpretation ...................................................................................... 1

5............ Operation of Act ................................................................................ 2

Part II--Carriage in aircraft operated by the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority        3

6............ Application of Part ............................................................................. 3

7............ Application of certain provisions of Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liability) Act 1959 3

8............ Limitation of amount recoverable under this Part .............................. 4

9............ Liability under this Part to be in substitution for certain other liabilities                 4

10.......... Liability of Commonwealth etc. independently of this Part .............. 5

Part III--Carriage in aircraft not operated by the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority              6

11.......... Application of Part ............................................................................. 6

12.......... Liability of Commonwealth etc. for death or injury ........................... 7

13.......... Application of certain provisions of Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liability) Act 1959 7

14.......... Limitation of amount recoverable under this Part .............................. 8

15.......... Liability of Commonwealth etc. independently of this Part .............. 8

16.......... Damages not recoverable under this Part in certain circumstances ..... 9

17.......... Action against Commonwealth etc. under this Part not to be heard if other proceedings pending          10

Part IV--Regulations                                                                                                          11

18.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 11

Notes                                                                                                                                             13

  

Notes to the Air Accidents (Commonwealth Government Liability) Act 1963

Note 1

The Air Accidents (Commonwealth Government Liability) Act 1963 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 74, 1963 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

The Air Accidents (Commonwealth Government Liability) Act 1963 was modified by the A.C.T. Self‑Government (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (1989 No. 3 as amended) see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Air Accidents (Commonwealth Liability) Act 1963	74, 1963	31 Oct 1963	18 Mar 1971 (see Gazette 1971, p. 2003)
Statute Law Revision (Decimal Currency) Act 1966	93, 1966	29 Oct 1966	S. 7: (a) Remainder: 1 Dec 1966		--
as amended by
Air Accidents (Commonwealth Liability) Act 1970	56, 1970	25 June 1970	(see 56, 1970 below)		--
Air Accidents (Commonwealth Liability) Act 1970	56, 1970	25 June 1970	Ss. 2 and 3: Royal Assent Remainder: 18 Mar 1971 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1971, p. 2003)		--
Air Accidents (Commonwealth Liability) Act 1971	50, 1971	25 May 1971	1 Sept 1971 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1971, p. 5496)		--
Air Accidents (Australian Government Liability) Act 1973	134, 1973	13 Nov 1973	13 Nov 1973		--
Statute Law Revision Act 1973	216, 1973	19 Dec 1973	31 Dec 1973		Ss. 9(1) and 10
Air Accidents (Commonwealth Government Liability) Amendment Act 1976	127, 1976	24 Nov 1976	24 Nov 1976		S. 5
Administrative Changes (Consequential Provisions) Act 1978	36, 1978	12 June 1978	12 June 1978		--
Air Accidents (Commonwealth Government Liability) Amendment Act 1978	69, 1978	22 June 1978	1 July 1978		--
Air Accidents (Commonwealth Government Liability) Amendment Act 1982	70, 1982	6 Sept 1982	24 Sept 1982 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1982, G38, p. 3)		Ss. 5(2) and 8(2)
Veterans' Entitlements (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1986	28, 1986	19 May 1986	S. 61: Royal Assent Remainder: 22 May 1986 (see Gazette 1986, No. S225)		--
Commonwealth Employees' Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988	75, 1988	24 June 1988	Ss. 1 and 2: Royal Assent Ss. 4(1), 68-97, 99 and 100: 1 July 1988 (see Gazette 1988, No. S196) Remainder: 1 Dec 1988 (see Gazette 1988, No. S196)		--
Social Security Legislation Amendment Act 1988	133, 1988	22 Dec 1988	S. 61: Royal Assent (b)		--
Statute Law Revision Act 2008	73, 2008	3 July 2008	Schedule 4 (items 32-43): 4 July 2008		--
Civil Aviation Legislation Amendment (1999 Montreal Convention and Other Measures) Act 2008	79, 2008	12 July 2008	Schedule 1 (items 11-13): 24 Jan 2009 (see F2008L04662)		--

(a)     Section 7 of the Statute Law Revision (Decimal Currency) Act 1966 amended the Air Accidents (Commonwealth Liability) Act 1963. That section was repealed by the Air Accidents (Commonwealth Liability) Act 1970 before it came into operation.

(b)    The Air Accidents (Commonwealth Government Liability) Act 1963 was amended by section 61 only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment Act 1988 subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, each provision of this Act commences, or shall be taken to have commenced, as the case requires, on the day shown by the note in italics at the foot of that provision.

                 (2)   The amendment of the Air Accidents (Commonwealth Government Liability) Act 1963 made by Schedule 4 commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
S. 1......................................	am. No. 134, 1973
	rs. No. 69, 1978
S. 3......................................	rep. No. 216, 1973
S. 4......................................	am. No. 134, 1973; No. 70, 1982
S. 5......................................	am. No. 216, 1973
S. 6......................................	am. No. 70, 1982; No. 28, 1986
S. 7......................................	am. Nos. 134 and 216, 1973; No. 70, 1982
S. 8......................................	am. No. 56, 1970; No. 127, 1976; No. 70, 1982; No. 73, 2008
S. 9......................................	am. No. 134, 1973; No. 70, 1982; Nos. 73 and 79, 2008
S. 10....................................	am. No. 50, 1971; Nos. 134 and 216, 1973; No. 70, 1982; No. 28, 1986; No. 75, 1988
S. 11....................................	am. No. 50, 1971; No. 216, 1973; Nos. 36 and 69, 1978; No. 70, 1982; No. 28, 1986; No. 75, 1988; No. 73, 2008
S. 12....................................	am. No. 73, 2008
S. 13....................................	am. Nos. 134 and 216, 1973; No. 70, 1982
S. 14....................................	am. No. 56, 1970; No. 127, 1976; No. 70, 1982; No. 73, 2008
S. 15....................................	am. No. 50, 1971; Nos. 134 and 216, 1973; No. 70, 1982; No. 28, 1986; Nos. 75 and 133, 1988
S. 16....................................	am. No. 70, 1982; No. 73, 2008

Table A

Modifications

A.C.T. Self‑Government (Consequential Provisions) Regulations

Schedule 1

After subsection 11(3)

Insert the following subsections:

          (3A)  Subject to this section, this Part applies to the carriage in an aircraft operated by a person other than the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority of a passenger, being a person to whom paragraph (1) (a), (b) or (c) would apply if the references in those paragraphs to the Commonwealth were references to the Australian Capital Territory and the references in those paragraphs to a Commonwealth authority were omitted.

          (3B)  For the purposes of the application of this Part in accordance with subsection (3A), the succeeding provisions of this Part have effect as if references in those provisions to the Commonwealth (other than references to a Commonwealth authority, or references to the Commonwealth in the expression whether in the Commonwealth or elsewhere) were references to the Australian Capital Territory.