Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection ( 2), if a person uses an aircraft, the person is, for the purposes of this Act, taken to be the operator of the aircraft.
(2) If a person authorises the use of an aircraft but retains control of its navigation, then, for the purposes of this Act:
(a) the person who is authorised to use the aircraft is not taken to be the operator of the aircraft; and
(b) the person who retains control of its navigation is taken to be the operator of the aircraft.