(1) The regulations may make provision for and in relation to conferring functions and powers on CASA that are in connection with the administration and regulation of Australian - administered airspace.
(2) Regulations made for the purposes of subsection ( 1) may make provision for and in relation to any one or more of the following:
(a) the classification of volumes of Australian - administered airspace;
(b) the timing of reviews referred to in section 13 and the manner in which such reviews are to be conducted;
(c) the determination of the services and facilities to be provided by the providers of air navigation services in relation to particular volumes of Australian - administered airspace;
(d) the designation of volumes of Australian - administered airspace for the purposes of restricting access to, or warning about access to, that airspace;
(e) the designation of air routes and airways in Australian - administered airspace and the conditions of use of a designated air route or airway;
(f) the giving of directions in connection with the use or operation of a designated air route or airway or of air route or airway facilities;
(g) the determination of aerodromes as controlled aerodromes;
(h) the determination of volumes of Australian - administered airspace as flight information areas or flight information regions;
(i) the determination of volumes of Australian - administered airspace as control areas or control zones;
(j) the regulation of the provision of aeronautical information services;
(k) the obtaining of information from the operators of aerodromes, the owners or operators of aircraft or the providers of air navigation services.
(3) Subsection ( 2) does not limit subsection ( 1).
Penalties
(4) Regulations made for the purposes of subsection ( 1) may prescribe penalties for offences against the regulations. A penalty must not be more than 50 penalty units.
Note: Regulations under the Civil Aviation Act 1988 also contain some offences in relation to the matters mentioned in subsection ( 2).
Charges
(5) Regulations made for the purposes of subsection ( 1) may make provision for and in relation to prescribing charges in respect of the performance of a function, or the exercise of a power, by CASA.
(6) A charge may be set either by fixing the amount or by setting a method of calculation.
(7) A charge must not be such as to amount to taxation.
Sub - delegation
(8) Regulations made for the purposes of subsection ( 1) may make provision for and in relation to CASA delegating functions or powers to another person.
(9) In this section:
"aerodrome" has the meaning prescribed by the regulations.
"aircraft" has the same meaning as in the Civil Aviation Act 1988 .
"air route" has the meaning prescribed by the regulations.
"air route or airway facilities" has the meaning prescribed by the regulations.
"airway" has the meaning prescribed by the regulations.