This Act may be cited as the Air Services Licensing Amendment Act 1967, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Air Services Licensing Act 1951 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

Section 4 of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting from subsection (1) the words “term of three years”, and substituting the words “term of not more than three years”.

Section 4 of the principal Act is hereby further amended by adding the following subsection:

Section 22 of the principal Act is hereby amended as follows:

Section 26 of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting from subsection (1) the words “amend or revoke”, and substituting the words “amend the licence or amend or revoke”.

Section 26 of the principal Act is hereby further amended by inserting, after subsection (2a) (as inserted by section 5 of the Air Services Licensing Amendment Act 1955) the following subsection:

Any amendment to an air service licence and any amendment or revocation of any term or condition of an air service licence made by the Authority, purporting to exercise its powers under section 26 of the principal Act, before the commencement of this Act which would have been valid if subsection (1) of this section had been in force when the amendment or revocation was made is hereby validated:

Provided that nothing in this section shall affect any right of action which may have accrued to any person, or any proceedings which may have been commenced, before the commencement of this Act; and the law applicable in respect of any such right of action or proceedings shall be the law which would have applied if this subsection were not in force.

Section 31 of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after the words “licensee shall”, the words “, subject to the provisions of any enactment limiting the liability of any air carrier,”.

Any air service licence issued or renewed before the commencement of this Act shall not be held invalid by reason only of the fact that any provision of section 16 or of subsection (1) or subsection (2) of section 27 of the principal Act may not have been complied with before the issue or renewal of the licence:

Provided that nothing in this section shall affect any right of action which may have accrued to any person, or any proceedings which may have been commenced, before the commencement of this Act; and the law applicable in respect of any such right of action or proceedings shall be the law which would have applied if this section were not in force.