Commonwealth legislation

Acoustic Laboratories Regulations

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

40 of 1977

Collection

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Plain English Summary

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These regulations set a $10 fee for hearing tests (called 'audiometric tests') conducted at government-run acoustic laboratories.

Who it affects:

People applying for or renewing aviation licenses (pilots, flight engineers, flight navigators, and radio operators)
Only applies if the hearing test is done at an acoustic laboratory controlled by the Director-General

Key details:

The fee applies when the test is part of a medical examination required for various aviation licenses, including:
- Commercial pilot licences
- Airline transport pilot licences
- Flight engineer licences
- Flight navigator licences
- Radio operator licences
If you need multiple tests as part of one medical examination, you only pay the $10 fee once (not per test)

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Acoustic Laboratories Regulations

Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

Statutory Rules

1977 No. 40

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES ACT 1948.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Acoustic Laboratories Act 1948.

Dated this twenty-fourth day of March, 1977.

JOHN R. KERR

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

RALPH J. HUNT

Minister of State for Health.

ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES REGULATIONS

Citation.

These Regulations may be cited as the Acoustic Laboratories Regulations.

Definitions.

In these Regulations, “ the Act ” means the Acoustic Laboratories Act 1948.

Charge to be made for certain audiometric tests.

3. (1) The charge for an audiometric test to which this regulation applies that is conducted at an acoustic laboratory controlled by the Director-General is an amount of $10.

(2) An audiometric test to which this regulation applies is one that is conducted as part of the medical examination of a person who is an applicant for the grant or renewal under the Air Navigation Regulations of—

(a) a commercial pilot licence;

(b) a senior commercial pilot licence;

(d) a first class airline transport pilot licence;

(e) a flight navigator licence;

(f) a flight radiotelephone operator licence;

(g) a flight radiotelegraph operator licence; or

(h) a flight engineer licence.

(3) Where more than one audiometric test is conducted as part of the medical examination of a person who is an applicant for the grant or renewal of a licence referred to in sub-regulation (2), sub-regulation (1) applies as if those tests together constituted an audiometric test to which this regulation applies.

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* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 28 March 1977.

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

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