20Approval of timetables — applications

20 Approval of timetables — applications (1) A licensed international airline must apply to the Secretary for approval of a proposed timetable for each of its scheduled international air services to or from Australian territory. (2) An application under subregulation (1) must: (a) if the Secretary directs, be in an approved form; and (b) specify: (i) the date on which the airline proposes to start operating the service; and (ii) if known, the date on which the airline proposes to stop operating the service; and (c) include, in relation to the service, details of the matters referred to in the definition of timetable in regulation 3. (3) An application must be lodged with the Secretary: (a) not less than 35 days before the date on which the licensed international airline proposes to start operating the service; or (b) within any lesser period allowed by the Secretary. (4) If further information is necessary to enable the Secretary to determine an application: (a) the Secretary may, by notice in writing, require the licensed international airline to provide it; and (b) the Secretary is not bound to consider the application further, or to determine it, until he or she receives the information.