An Act relating to the conversion of the Australian National Airlines Commission to a public company, to repeal all but certain provisions of the Australian National Airlines Act 1945, and for other purposes
Part I—Preliminary
1 Short title [see Note 1]
This Act may be cited as the Australian Airlines (Conversion to Public Company) Act 1988.
2 Commencement [see Note 1]
(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Sections 15 and 16, subsection 52(2), sections 55, 57 and 60 and subsection 69(2) shall come into operation on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.
(3) Subsection 52(1) shall come into operation on the day after subsection 11(3) is complied with.
(4) Subsection 52(3) shall come into operation immediately after the commencement of section 15.
3 Extension to Territories
This Act extends to all external Territories.
4 This Act has effect despite Airlines Act
Except as expressly provided in this Act, this Act has effect despite anything in the Airlines Act.
Part II—Interpretation
5 Interpretation
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
Airlines Act means the Australian National Airlines Act 1945.
amount includes a nil amount.
articles means articles of association.
Australian Capital Territory includes the Jervis Bay Territory.
authorised person means:
(a) the Minister; or
(b) a person who is declared, by writing signed by the Minister, to be an authorised person for the purposes of section 36.
continuing provision means:
(a) section 19A of the Airlines Act; or
(b) a repealed provision of, or of regulations under, the Airlines Act, as that provision continues, by virtue of this or any other Act, to have effect.
employment, in relation to a staff member, means employment by, or service with, the transferring body.
group company means:
(a) the transferring body; or
(b) a wholly‑owned subsidiary of the transferring body.
holding company means the body corporate (if any) nominated under section 6.
liability includes a debt or obligation.
memorandum means memorandum of association.
new group company has the meaning given by section 7.
property means any legal or equitable estate or interest (whether present or future and whether vested or contingent) in real or personal property of any description and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes any asset within the meaning of Part IIIA of the Tax Act.
reorganisation means the period beginning on the day after this Act receives the Royal Assent and ending immediately before the transition.
share, in relation to a body corporate, means a share in the share capital of the body corporate.
staff member means a person who, immediately before the transition, was:
(a) the general manager of the transferring body;
(b) an officer of the transferring body appointed under subsection 17(1) of the Airlines Act; or
(c) a temporary or casual employee of the transferring body appointed under section 18 of the Airlines Act.
subsidiary has the meaning given by section 9.
Tax Act means the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.
transfer includes a sale, conveyance or assignment.
transferring body means the body corporate that, before the commencement of this section, existed, by virtue of section 6 of the Airlines Act, under the name “Australian National Airlines Commission”.
transition means the commencement of section 15.
wholly‑owned subsidiary, in relation to a body corporate (in this definition called the holding body), means a body corporate:
(a) that is a subsidiary of the holding body;
(b) none of whose members is a person other than:
(i) the holding body;
(ii) a body corporate that is, by virtue of any other application or applications of this definition, a wholly‑owned subsidiary of the holding body; or
(iii) a nominee of the holding body or of a body of a kind referred to in subparagraph (ii); and
(c) no share in which is beneficially owned by a person other than:
(i) the holding body; or
(ii) a body of a kind referred to in subparagraph (b)(ii).
6 Minister may nominate holding company
During the reorganisation, the Minister may nominate in writing as the holding company for the purposes of this Act a body corporate:
(a) that is incorporated (whether before, at or after the commencement of this section) under the Companies Act 1981;
(b) that is a public company, and a company limited by shares, within the meaning of that Act; and
(c) all the shares in which are beneficially owned by the Commonwealth.
7 New group companies
For the purposes of this Act, a body corporate (other than the transferring body) is a new group company at a particular time (in this section called the relevant time) if, and only if:
(a) the body corporate became a group company after 31 December 1987 and was still a group company at the relevant time; and
(b) at no time before 1 January 1988 was the body corporate a subsidiary of the transferring body.
9 Subsidiaries
For the purposes of this Act, the question whether a body corporate is a subsidiary of another body corporate shall be determined in the same manner as the question whether a corporation is a subsidiary of another corporation is determined under the Companies Act 1981.
Part III—Capital structure of the Australian Airlines group
10 Share capital of transferring body
(1) As from the commencement of this section, the transferring body shall have a share capital.
(2) Subject to sections 13 and 14, the amount of the share capital shall be equal to the amount that subsection 11(1) requires to be applied as mentioned in that subsection.
(3) Subject to section 13, the share capital shall be divided into shares of 50 cents each.
(4) As from the transition, this section has effect subject to the Companies Act 1981.
11 Issue of shares in transferring body
(1) As soon as practicable after the commencement of this section, the transferring body shall apply the capital it has by virtue of section 30 of the Airlines Act in paying up in full shares in the body.
(2) If the amount of the capital referred to in subsection (1) is not a multiple of 50 cents, that subsection applies as if that amount were reduced to the nearest multiple of 50 cents.
(3) As soon as practicable after complying with subsection (1), the transferring body shall issue the shares paid up in full under that subsection:
(a) to the Commonwealth;
(b) to nominees of the Commonwealth; or
(c) to the holding company;
as the Minister directs in writing.
(4) The issue of shares under subsection (3) discharges in full the transferring body’s obligations to repay to the Commonwealth the capital referred to in subsection (1).
(5) The shares issued in accordance with subsection (3) shall be deemed to have been issued for valuable consideration other than cash, being the discharge effected by subsection (4).
(6) A person is not a member of the transferring body at any time before the transition merely because the person holds shares in the body.
Part IV—Conversion of Australian Airlines to public company
15 Deemed registration under Companies Act
(1) The transferring body shall be deemed:
(a) to have made, immediately before the transition, an application under section 85 of the Companies Act 1981 to be registered as a company; and
(b) to have been entitled to make the application.
(2) The National Companies and Securities Commission shall be deemed:
(a) to have been required to grant the application referred to in subsection (1) and to register the transferring body as a company under subsection 86(2) of the Companies Act 1981;
(b) to have granted the application at the transition; and
(c) to have so registered the transferring body, at the transition:
(i) by the name “Australian Airlines Limited”; and
(ii) in accordance with subsections 86(3) and (4) of that Act, as a public company, and as a company limited by shares, within the meaning of that Act.
(3) The date of commencement of the transferring body’s registration as a company under Division 4 of Part III of the Companies Act 1981 shall be deemed to be the day on which this section comes into operation.
(4) The transferring body shall be deemed to have been, immediately before the transition, and to be, at the transition, a corporation within the meaning of the Companies Act 1981.
(5) The transferring body, as it exists after the transition, shall not be taken for the purposes of a law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory:
(a) to have been incorporated or established for a public purpose or for a purpose of the Commonwealth; or
(b) to be a public authority or an instrumentality or agency of the Crown;
except so far as express provision is made by a law of the Commonwealth, or of that State or Territory, as the case may be.
16 New name of transferring body
(1) At the transition, the transferring body’s name is changed to the name Australian Airlines Limited.
(2) Subsection 65(5) of the Companies Act 1981 applies in relation to the change of name made by subsection (1) of this section as if it had been made under that Act.
(3) The name Australian Airlines Limited shall be deemed to have been registered in respect of the transferring body, immediately after the transition, under subsection 55(4) of the Companies Act 1981.
(4) This section has effect notwithstanding anything in the Companies Act 1981, but nothing in this section prevents:
(a) the transferring body from changing its name in accordance with section 65 of that Act; or
(b) the cancellation, in accordance with Division 2 of Part III of that Act, of the registration of a name.
17 Memorandum and articles of transferring body
(1) The transferring body shall, before the transition, lodge with the Corporate Affairs Commission for the Australian Capital Territory a proposed memorandum, and proposed articles, of Australian Airlines Limited.
(2) As from the transition, the proposed memorandum, and the proposed articles, lodged under subsection (1):
(a) are respectively the memorandum, and the articles, of the company; and
(b) bind the company and its members accordingly.
(3) As from the transition, the Companies Act 1981 applies in relation to the company’s memorandum and articles as if they had been registered as such under that Act.
18 Membership of transferring body
(1) A person who immediately before the transition was, or was acting as, a member of the transferring body ceases at the transition to be, or to act as, such a member.
(2) By force of this subsection, each person who holds shares in the transferring body at the transition becomes a member of the transferring body at the transition.
(3) A person of the kind referred to in subsection (2) is, in respect of membership of the transferring body, entitled to the same rights, privileges and benefits, and is subject to the same duties, liabilities and obligations, as if the person had become a member of the body in accordance with the body’s memorandum and articles.
19 Application of certain provisions of Companies Act
(2) Paragraph 86(6)(b) and subsections 87(4) and 90(5) of the Companies Act 1981 do not apply in relation to the transferring body.
(3) For the purposes of section 360 of the Companies Act 1981, a person is not a past member of the transferring body merely because he or she was a member of it, or acted as a member of it, before the transition.
20 Accounting records
For the purposes of the Companies Act 1981, accounts and records kept under section 35 of the Airlines Act shall be deemed to be accounting records kept by the transferring body under a provision of a previous law of the Australian Capital Territory, being a provision corresponding to section 267 of the Companies Act 1981.
21 Accounts
(1) This section has effect for the purposes of:
(a) the Companies Act 1981; and
(b) the Companies (Transitional Provisions) Act 1981 as it applies to, and to persons and matters associated with, the transferring body by virtue of subsection 90(6) of the Companies Act 1981.
(2) A report and financial statements that were prepared under section 40 of the Airlines Act in respect of a period and furnished to the Minister on a particular day shall be deemed to be a profit and loss account of the transferring body that was:
(a) made out in respect of that period; and
(b) laid before the body at an annual general meeting of the body held on that day.
22 Operation of section 25B of Acts Interpretation Act
Nothing in this Act or in the Companies Act 1981 affects, or is affected by, section 25B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 as that section applies in relation to the transferring body.
Part VI—Staff matters
29 Employment of staff members continues after transition
Subject to this Part, each staff member continues at and after the transition to be employed by the transferring body on the terms and conditions on which he or she was employed by the body immediately before the transition.
30 This Act not to affect certain matters relating to staff members
(1) This section has effect for the purposes of the application, at any time at or after the transition, of a law, award, determination or agreement in relation to the employment of a staff member.
(2) Neither his or her contract of employment, nor his or her period of employment, shall be taken to have been broken by the operation of this Act.
(3) Without limiting the generality of section 29 or subsection (2) of this section, this Act does not affect any accrued rights that he or she had immediately before the transition in respect of any kind of leave.
(4) Where:
(a) if he or she had, immediately before the transition, ceased to be employed by the transferring body, a period during which he or she was employed by the body or by any other person would have had to be taken into account in determining an amount payable to him or her, or a benefit to which he or she would have been entitled, because of his or her so ceasing; and
(b) but for this subsection, some or all of that period would not have to be taken into account as a period during which he or she was employed by the body;
the body shall treat the whole of the first‑mentioned period as a period during which he or she was employed by it.
31 Effect of sections 29 and 30
Sections 29 and 30 are enacted only for the avoidance of doubt and, in particular, do not limit the generality of subsection 65(5) or 87(2) of the Companies Act 1981.
32 Variation of terms and conditions
(1) It is a term of each staff member’s employment after the transition that the terms and conditions of that employment may be varied to the extent to which, and in the manner in which, the terms and conditions of his or her employment could, immediately before the transition, be varied under section 17 or 18 of the Airlines Act.
(2) Nothing in this Part prevents the terms and conditions of a staff member’s employment after the transition from being varied:
(a) in accordance with those terms and conditions; or
(b) by or under an applicable law, award, determination or agreement.
(3) In this section:
terms and conditions includes a term existing because of subsection (1).
vary, in relation to terms and conditions, includes vary by way of:
(a) omitting any of those terms and conditions;
(b) adding to those terms and conditions; or
(c) substituting new terms or conditions for any of the first‑mentioned terms and conditions.
Part VII—Taxation matters
Division 1—Exemption from certain taxes
34 Interpretation
In this Division:
exempt matter means:
(a) an issue of shares under subsection 11(3) or 12(1), other than an issue to the holding company made after the transition;
(b) a transfer of property, during the reorganisation, by the transferring body to a group company;
(c) an issue of shares, during the reorganisation, by a group company to the transferring body;
(d) the assumption by a group company, during the reorganisation, of a liability of the transferring body;
(e) the transferring body’s deemed registration as a company under subsection 86(2) of the Companies Act 1981;
(f) the change of name made by subsection 16(1) of this Act;
(g) the operation of this Act; or
(h) giving effect to a matter referred to in another paragraph of this definition.
tax includes:
(a) sales tax;
(b) tax imposed by the Debits Tax Act 1982;
(c) stamp duty; and
(d) any other tax, duty, levy or charge;
but does not include income tax imposed as such by a law of the Commonwealth.
35 Exemptions relating to exempt matters
Tax under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory is not payable in respect of:
(a) an exempt matter; or
(b) anything done (including, for example, a transaction entered into or an instrument or document made, executed or given) because of, or for a purpose connected with, or arising out of, an exempt matter.
36 Authorised person may certify in relation to exemptions
(1) An authorised person may, by writing signed by him or her, certify that:
(a) a specified matter or thing is an exempt matter; or
(b) a specified thing was done (including, for example, a transaction entered into or an instrument or document made, executed or given) because of, or for a purpose connected with, or arising out of, a specified exempt matter.
(2) For all purposes and in all proceedings, a certificate under subsection (1) is conclusive evidence of the matters certified, except so far as the contrary is established.
Division 2—Application of various Tax Act provisions
37 Deemed share capital of transferring body
For the purposes of the Tax Act, the transferring body shall be deemed to have had, at all times before it complies with subsection 11(3) of this Act, a share capital all the issued shares in which were, at all such times, beneficially owned by the Commonwealth.
38 Holding company deemed non‑existent before issue of shares in transferring body
(1) This section has effect for the purposes of the Tax Act if:
(a) shares in the transferring body are issued under subsection 11(3) of this Act to the holding company; and
(b) the holding company was dormant, within the meaning of Part VI of the Companies Act 1981, throughout the period beginning when it was incorporated and ending immediately before the shares are so issued.
(2) For the purposes of determining whether the holding company is a group company in relation to a body corporate in relation to a period, the holding company shall be deemed not to have been in existence at any time during the period referred to in paragraph (1)(b).
39 Application of section 25A of the Tax Act
(1) Where, during the reorganisation, the transferring body transfers property to a body corporate (in this section called the group company) that is, at the time of the transfer, a new group company, subsections (2) and (3) have effect for the purposes of section 25A of the Tax Act.
(2) The transfer shall be disregarded.
(3) In relation to a time at or after the transfer, the group company shall be deemed to be, and the transferring body shall be deemed not to be, the same body as the body that owned the property immediately before the transfer.
40 Application of section 26AAA of the Tax Act
(1) Where, during the reorganisation, the transferring body transfers property to a body corporate (in this section called the group company) that is, at the time of the transfer, a new group company, subsections (2), (3) and (4) have effect for the purposes of section 26AAA of the Tax Act.
(2) The transfer shall be disregarded.
(3) In relation to a time at or after the transfer, the group company shall be deemed to be, and the transferring body shall be deemed not to be, the same body as the body that owned the property immediately before the transfer.
(4) If, as consideration for the transfer, the group company issues shares in the group company to the transferring body, the transferring body shall be deemed to have purchased the shares at the time when the transferring body would be taken or deemed for the purposes of section 26AAA of the Tax Act to have purchased the property if that section applied in relation to the transfer.
(5) If, at the transition, the holding company holds all the issued shares in the transferring body, section 26AAA of the Tax Act does not apply in relation to the holding company in relation to, or in relation to an interest in, any of those shares.
Division 3—Investment allowance not affected by certain transactions
41 Interpretation
Except so far as the contrary intention appears, expressions have the same meaning in this Division as in Subdivision B of Division 3 of Part III of the Tax Act.
42 Disposal of property to new group company
Paragraph 82AG(1)(a) of the Tax Act does not apply in relation to a disposal of property by the transferring body before the end of a particular period of 12 months if:
(a) the disposal took place during the reorganisation;
(b) the disposal was to a body corporate that was, at the time of the disposal, a new group company;
(c) the property was not, at any time during that period, owned by a person other than the transferring body or a body corporate that was a new group company at that time; and
(d) at no time during that period did a person who owned the property:
(i) lease it, let it on hire under a hire‑purchase agreement or otherwise grant to another person a right to use it; or
(ii) use it outside Australia or for a purpose other than the purpose of producing assessable income.
43 Substitution of new group company as lessee of property
(1) Where:
(a) a lease (in this section called the old lease) of property by a leasing company to the transferring body is terminated during the reorganisation; and
(b) immediately after the termination, a new lease of the property takes effect, being a lease by the leasing company to a body corporate (in this section called the group company) that is, immediately after the termination, a new group company;
this section has effect for the purposes of subsection 82AG(3) of the Tax Act.
(2) The termination of the old lease shall be disregarded.
(3) The new lease shall be deemed to be a continuation of the old lease.
(4) In relation to a time at or after the termination, the group company shall be deemed to be, and the transferring body shall be deemed not to be, the same person as the lessee under the old lease.
(5) A contract or arrangement entered into by the transferring body with the group company shall be disregarded in so far as it related to the termination of the old lease or the entering into of the new lease.
44 Lease assigned to new group company
(1) Where:
(a) during the reorganisation, the transferring body assigns to a body corporate (in this section called the group company) the benefit of a lease of property by a leasing company to the transferring body; and
(b) at the time of the assignment, the group company is a new group company;
this section has effect for the purposes of subsection 82AG(3) of the Tax Act.
(2) The assignment shall be disregarded.
(3) In relation to a time at or after the assignment, the group company shall be deemed to be, and the transferring body shall be deemed not to be, the same person as the original lessee under the lease.
Division 4—Application of capital gains tax provisions
45 Interpretation
Expressions have the same meaning in this Division as in Part IIIA of the Tax Act, except so far as the contrary intention appears.
46 Consideration
In determining for the purposes of this Division what is the consideration in respect of a disposal of an asset to a person, the following shall be disregarded:
(a) an interest or right, by way of security, subject to which the asset is acquired by the person;
(b) the assumption by the person of a liability.
47 Relevant market value in relation to disposal
For the purposes of this Division, the relevant market value in relation to a disposal of an asset is the market value of the asset at the time of the disposal.
48 Notional assumed liability in relation to disposal
(1) Where, during the reorganisation, the transferring body disposes of an asset (in this section called the relevant asset) to a body corporate, this section has effect for the purposes of this Division.
(2) If, as at the transition, the body corporate has assumed (whether before, at or after the commencement of this section) a liability wholly or partly attributable to the relevant asset, or 2 or more such liabilities, whether or not the body corporate has also assumed other liabilities, the notional assumed liability in relation to the disposal is the amount equal to:
(a) so much of the amount of the liability when it is assumed as is attributable to the relevant asset; or
(b) the aggregate of so much of each of the amounts of the liabilities when they are respectively assumed as is attributable to the relevant asset;
as the case may be.
(3) Otherwise, the notional assumed liability in relation to the disposal is a nil amount.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (2), to the extent that, apart from this subsection, a liability is attributable to no asset disposed of by the transferring body to the body corporate before the transition, the liability shall be deemed to be attributable to the relevant asset to the extent of the amount calculated in accordance with the formula:
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where:
General Liability is so much of the amount of the liability as, apart from this subsection, is attributable to no asset so disposed of.
RMV of Relevant Assets is the number of dollars in the relevant market value in relation to the disposal of the relevant asset; and
RMV of All Assets is the number of dollars in the sum of the respective relevant market values in relation to all disposals of assets by the transferring body to the body corporate before the transition.
49 Disposal of asset by transferring body to new group company
(1) This section has effect for the purposes of Part IIIA of the Tax Act where:
(a) during the reorganisation, the transferring body disposes of an asset to a body corporate (in this section called the group company) that is, at the time of the disposal, a new group company;
(b) because of section 160ZZO of the Tax Act, Part IIIA of that Act does not apply in respect of the disposal;
(c) the consideration in respect of the disposal consists only of shares in the group company issued to the transferring body;
(d) the notional assumed liability in relation to the disposal is less than the relevant market value in relation to the disposal;
(e) if the transferring body acquired the asset after 19 September 1985—the notional assumed liability is also less than the amount that would have been:
(i) if the disposal occurs within 12 months after the day on which the transferring body acquired the asset—the cost base; or
(ii) in any other case—the indexed cost base;
of the asset to the transferring body for the purposes of that Part if it had applied in respect of the disposal;
(f) the market value of the shares when issued is as nearly as practicable equal to the amount by which the notional assumed liability is less than the relevant market value; and
(g) the transferring body, by notice in writing accompanying the notice referred to in paragraph 160ZZO(1)(d) of the Tax Act, elects that this section is to apply to the shares and specifies the shares in the notice.
(2) If the transferring body acquired the asset before 20 September 1985, the body shall be deemed to have acquired the shares before that date.
(3) If the transferring body acquired the asset after 19 September 1985, then, for the purpose of:
(a) ascertaining whether a capital gain accrued to the body; or
(b) ascertaining whether the body incurred a capital loss;
in the event of a later disposal of the shares by the body, the body shall be deemed to have acquired the shares for a consideration equal to:
(c) if the amount that would have been:
(i) if the later disposal occurs within 12 months after the day on which the body acquired the asset—the cost base, or the reduced cost base, as the case may be; or
(ii) in any other case—the indexed cost base, or the reduced cost base, as the case may be;
to the body of the asset for the purposes of Part IIIA of the Tax Act if that Part had applied in respect of the disposal of the asset by the body to the group company exceeds the notional assumed liability—the amount of the excess; or
(d) in any other case—a nil amount.
50 Cancellation of shares under section 14
Part IIIA of the Tax Act does not apply in respect of a disposal of shares in the transferring body if the disposal was effected by the cancellation of the shares under section 14 of this Act.
51 Treatment of shares in transferring body as at transition
(1) In this section:
asset means an asset, as at the transition, of the transferring body.
issued shares means the issued shares, as at the transition, in the transferring body.
liability means a liability, as at the transition, of the transferring body.
market value means market value as at the transition.
(2) This section has effect for the purposes of Part IIIA of the Tax Act if:
(a) at the transition, the holding company holds all the issued shares;
(b) assets (in this section called the pre‑CGT assets) were acquired by the transferring body before 20 September 1985;
(c) the holding company, by written notice given to the Commissioner on or before the day on which the holding company lodges its return of income for the year of income in which the transition occurs, or within such further period as the Commissioner allows, nominates as pre‑CGT shares such of the issued shares as are specified in the notice; and
(d) the number of shares nominated does not exceed the number calculated in accordance with the formula:
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where:
Shares is the number of issued shares.
Net Value of Pre‑CGT Assets is the number of dollars in the market value of the pre‑CGT assets reduced by the number of dollars in the liabilities, to the extent that the liabilities are attributable to the pre‑CGT assets; and
Net Value of Total Assets is the number of dollars in the market value of the assets reduced by the number of dollars in the liabilities.
(3) The holding company shall be deemed to have acquired before 20 September 1985 the shares nominated under paragraph (2)(c).
(4) The rest of the issued shares are post‑CGT shares for the purposes of subsection (5).
(5) For the purpose of:
(a) ascertaining whether a capital gain accrued to the holding company; or
(b) ascertaining whether the holding company incurred a capital loss;
in the event of a later disposal of a post‑CGT share by the holding company, the holding company shall be deemed to have acquired the share for a consideration equal to the amount calculated in accordance with the formula:
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where:
Relevant Cost Bases is the sum of the respective amounts that would have been, for the purposes of Part IIIA of the Tax Act:
(a) if the later disposal occurs within 12 months after the day on which the holding company acquired the share—the cost bases, or the reduced cost bases, as the case may be; or
(b) in any other case—the indexed cost bases, or the reduced cost bases, as the case may be;
to the transferring body of the assets (other than the pre‑CGT assets) if the body had disposed of those assets at the transition.
Attributable Liabilities is the amount of the liabilities, to the extent that they are attributable to the assets (other than the pre‑CGT assets); and
Post‑CGT Shares is the number of post‑CGT shares.
(6) For the purposes of this section, to the extent that, apart from this subsection, they are not attributable to the assets, the liabilities shall be deemed to be attributable to a particular asset to the extent of the amount calculated in accordance with the formula:
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where:
General liabilities is the amount of the liabilities, to the extent that, apart from this subsection, they are not attributable to the assets.
MV of particular asset is the number of dollars in the market value of the particular asset; and
MV of total assets is the number of dollars in the market value of the assets.
Part VIII—Amendments of the Airlines Act
52 Repeal of certain provisions
(1) Sections 30 and 30A of the Airlines Act are repealed.
(2) The Airlines Act (other than sections 1, 5 to 18, inclusive, 19A, 30 and 30A of that Act) is repealed.
(3) Sections 5 to 18, inclusive, of the Airlines Act are repealed.
53 Reference of powers by States: transferring body
Section 19A of the Airlines Act is amended by adding at the end the following subsection:
“(3) Without prejudice to its effect apart from this subsection, this section also has, by force of this subsection, the effect it would have if:
(a) a reference in subsection (1D) or (2) to the Commission were a reference to a body corporate that is a group company for the purposes of the Australian Airlines (Conversion to Public Company) Act 1988;
(b) a reference in subsection (1D) to a State in relation to which this section applies were a reference to a State in relation to which this section applies by virtue of subsection (1C); and
(c) all the words after ‘that State’ were omitted from subsection (1D).”.
54 Reference of powers by States: group companies
(1) Where there is in force an Act of the Parliament of a State (whether enacted before, at or after the commencement of this section) by which the matter of air transport is referred to the Parliament of the Commonwealth, subsection (4) applies to each group company in relation to that State.
(2) Where there is in force an Act of the Parliament of a State that was enacted after the commencement of this section and adopts this section, subsection (4) applies to each group company in relation to that State.
(3) Where there is in force an Act of the Parliament of a State (whether enacted before, at or after the commencement of this section) by which there is referred to the Parliament of the Commonwealth a matter (other than the matter of air transport) that is such that, because of the reference, it is within the power of the Parliament of the Commonwealth to make exercisable in that State by a group company the powers conferred by subsection (4), subsection (4) applies to that group company in relation to that State.
(4) Where this subsection applies to a group company in relation to a State, the group company may transport passengers and goods, for reward, by air between any place in that State and any other place in that State, but shall not do so otherwise than in accordance with any law of that State applicable to that transport.
(5) This section has effect without prejudice to the effect of section 19A of the Airlines Act.
55 Interpretation of continuing provisions
(1) Despite the repeals effected by subsection 52(2), section 4 of the Airlines Act continues to have effect for the purposes of the continuing provisions (including that section).
(2) A reference in a continuing provision to the Australian National Airlines Commission shall be deemed to be a reference to the transferring body.
56 Judicial notice of Commission’s seal
Despite the repeals effected by subsection 52(3), subsection 6(3) of the Airlines Act continues to have effect in relation to a document or notice to which the transferring body’s seal was affixed, or appears to have been affixed, before the transition.
57 Limitation of certain actions
Despite the repeals effected by subsection 52(2), section 63 of the Airlines Act continues to apply in relation to actions for, or arising out of, things done, or purporting to have been done, under that Act before the repeal of that section.
58 Repeal of Australian National Airlines Regulations
(1) The Australian National Airlines Regulations are repealed.
(2) Despite the repeal effected by subsection (1), regulation 4 of those Regulations continues to have effect for the purposes of proceedings in respect of a liability arising under that regulation before the repeal.
Part IX—Miscellaneous
60 Application of Superannuation Acts
(1) Section 145 of the Superannuation Act 1922 does not apply in relation to the transferring body.
(2) The transferring body is not an approved authority for the purposes of the Superannuation Act 1976 unless the body is specified in regulations as mentioned in paragraph (a) of the definition of approved authority in subsection 3(1) of that Act.
(3) Subsection 159(1) or (1A) of the Superannuation Act 1976 does not apply to the transferring body so as to render it liable to pay to the Commonwealth, in respect of an amount paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund on or after 1 July 1987, an amount exceeding the amount calculated in accordance with the formula:
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where:
P is the amount paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund; and
CS is the fraction that represents the part of the period of contributory service of the eligible employee within the meaning of that Act to whom the last‑mentioned amount relates that is after 30 June 1987.
62 Compensation for acquisition of property
(1) Where, but for this section, the operation of this Act would result in the acquisition of property from a person otherwise than on just terms, there is payable to the person by the transferring body such reasonable amount of compensation as is agreed upon between the person and the transferring body or, failing agreement, as is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(2) Any damages or compensation recovered or other remedy given in proceedings that are instituted otherwise than by virtue of this section shall be taken into account in assessing compensation payable in proceedings that are instituted under this section and that arise out of the same event or transaction.
(3) In this section, acquisition of property and just terms have the same respective meanings as in paragraph 51(31) of the Constitution.