{"id":"F2018L01013","name":"Competition and Consumer (Airservices Australia Prices Surveillance) Declaration 2018","slug":"competition-and-consumer-airservices-australia-prices-surveillance-declaration-2018","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":439703,"registerId":"F2018L01013-fast-fetch-1775955625429","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Competition and Consumer (Airservices Australia Prices Surveillance) Declaration 2018","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nCompetition and Consumer (Airservices Australia Prices Surveillance) Declaration 2018\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nI, Scott Morrison, Treasurer, make the following declaration.\n\nDated 4 July 2018\n\nThe Hon Scott Morrison MP\n\nTreasurer\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Schedules\n\n6  Notified Services\n\n7   Declared Persons\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nDeclaration (No. 66) – Airservices Australia\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Competition and Consumer (Airservices Australia Prices Surveillance) Declaration 2018.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This instrument commences on the day after this instrument is registered.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subsections 95X(1) and (2) of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.\n\n4  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.\n\nAirservices Australia means the body called Airservices Australia established by subsection 7(1) of the Air Services Act 1995.\n\n5  Schedules\n\n  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\n6  Notified Services\n\n (1) For the purposes of Part VIIA of the Act, services of the following kinds are notified services if a charge for the services has been set in a determination that is made under section 53 of the Air Services Act 1995 and in force at the time the services are supplied:\n\n  (a)  terminal navigation;\n\n  (b)  fire fighting and rescue;\n\n  (c)  en route air route and airway facilities; and\n\n  (d)  other safety related activities.\n\n7   Declared Persons\n\n (1) For the purposes of Part VIIA of the Act, Airservices Australia is a declared person in relation to services that are notified services under section 6.\n\n (2) The declaration in subsection (1) ceases to have effect when this instrument is repealed.\n\n \n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nDeclaration (No. 66) – Airservices Australia\n\n1  The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument.\n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains the same functional scope: it notifies specified Airservices Australia services for price surveillance when charges are set by a s53 determination (s6(1)) and declares Airservices Australia a declared person for those services (s7(1)). It repeals the earlier Declaration (No.66) in full (Schedule 1) but does not, on its face, expand or narrow the categories of services subjected to Part VIIA surveillance."},"complexity_factors":["Relies on cross‑reference to Part VIIA of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 for the surveillance regime (s6(1), s7(1); authority in s3 refers to ss 95X(1)–(2)).","Triggers depend on separate pricing determinations under section 53 of the Air Services Act 1995—surveillance applies only where a charge is set by that determination (s6(1)).","Notified services are narrowly listed (terminal navigation; fire fighting and rescue; en route air route and airway facilities; other safety related activities), which limits scope but requires mapping real services to those categories (s6(1)(a)–(d)).","Declares a single entity (Airservices Australia) a ‘declared person’, and the declaration ends on repeal—temporal scope and subject are tightly circumscribed (s7(1)–(2)).","Repeals a prior instrument in full (Declaration (No.66) – Airservices Australia), introducing continuity and transition considerations for existing oversight (Schedule 1).","Commencement is tied to registration (s2), creating a simple administrative trigger but requiring attention to timing.","Definitions are minimal and the instrument delegates enforcement and procedural detail to the referenced Acts rather than providing operational rules (s4, s3)."],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration places certain Airservices Australia charges under price surveillance in Part VIIA of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010. It covers terminal navigation, firefighting and rescue, en route air route/airway facilities and other safety-related activities when those charges are set by a section 53 determination under the Air Services Act 1995. The instrument declares Airservices Australia a ‘declared person’ for those services and repeals the earlier Declaration (No.66). The practical effect is monitoring of those specified charges; users pay the s53-set charges and Airservices is subject to Part VIIA oversight."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains the same essential purpose as its predecessor (Declaration No. 66 of 1997) — price surveillance over Airservices Australia. It updates the mechanism rather than expanding scope. The services listed (terminal navigation, fire fighting, en route facilities, safety activities) align with Airservices Australia's core statutory functions under the Air Services Act 1995. No material expansion beyond original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (approximately 1.5 pages)","Only 4 defined terms, all straightforward (Act, Airservices Australia, plus implicit references)","Simple structure: definitions, two operative sections (6 and 7), and a repeal schedule","No nested exceptions or conditional logic beyond basic 'if/then' in section 6(1)","Single cross-reference to Part VIIA of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 and section 53 of the Air Services Act 1995","No sub-delegations or intricate administrative procedures"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument places Airservices Australia under price surveillance, making it a \"declared person\" required to notify the ACCC before raising charges for key aviation safety services. It replaces the prior 1997 declaration.\n\nIt affects Airservices (as the regulated monopoly), airlines and airports that pay the charges, and ultimately travellers—ensuring ACCC oversight to curb excessive fees and protect users from monopoly pricing."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. 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