{"id":"C2004L03826","name":"Airports (Business Concessions) Regulations","slug":"airports-business-concessions-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"22 of 1985","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":26728,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L03826-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Airports (Business Concessions) Regulations","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\nStatutory Rules 1985 No. 221\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nAirports (Business Concessions) Regulations\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Airports (Business Concessions) Act 1959.\n\nDated 28 February 1985.\n\nN. M. STEPHEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nPETER MORRIS\n\nMinister of State for Aviation\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nCitation\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Airports (Business Concessions) Regulations.\n\nInterpretation\n\n2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears, \"the Act\" means the Airports (Business Concessions) Act 1959.\n\nPrescribed person or prescribed class of persons for purposes of paragraph 15(1) (a) of the Act\n\n3. For the purposes of paragraph 15 (1) (a) of the Act, each of the following persons or classes of persons is prescribed, namely:\n\n(a) the person holding, occupying or performing the duties of the office of Secretary to the Department;\n\n(b) the persons holding, occupying or performing the duties of the following offices in the Department:\n\n(i) Deputy Secretary;\n\n(ii) First Assistant Secretary, Airports Division;\n\n(iii) Regional Director;\n\n(iv) Assistant Regional Director (Airports);\n\n(v) Assistant Director (Operations), Airports Branch.\n\nNOTE\n\n1\\. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 8 March 1985.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1864},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain strictly limited to their original narrow purpose of identifying specific public service positions for the purposes of section 15(1)(a) of the Airports (Business Concessions) Act 1959."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 sections total","Single defined term ('the Act')","Simple list of 6 office titles with no conditions, exceptions or procedural requirements","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the parent Act","No operative provisions beyond prescribing persons for a specific paragraph"],"plain_english_summary":"**What these regulations do**\n\nThese regulations name the specific senior public servants who can exercise powers under the *Airports (Business Concessions) Act 1959* (the law governing commercial businesses—like shops, car parks and restaurants—operating at Australian airports).\n\n**Who is covered**\n\nThe regulations prescribe the following positions in the Department:\n*   **Secretary** to the Department\n*   **Deputy Secretary**\n*   **First Assistant Secretary**, Airports Division\n*   **Regional Director**\n*   **Assistant Regional Director (Airports)**\n*   **Assistant Director (Operations)**, Airports Branch\n\n**Why it matters**\n\nThese officials are the \"prescribed persons\" who can perform functions under **section 15(1)(a)** of the Act. This means they are authorised to make decisions or take actions regarding the granting, management or oversight of business concessions at airports."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/airports-business-concessions-regulations","history":"/api/acts/airports-business-concessions-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/airports-business-concessions-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/airports-business-concessions-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/airports-business-concessions-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/airports-business-concessions-regulations/documents"}}