{"id":"F2024L00140","name":"Airports Regulations 2024","slug":"airports-regulations-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":105079,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2024L00140-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Preliminary","content":"## Part 1—Preliminary","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name","content":"#### 1 Name\n\n This instrument is the Airports Regulations 2024.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authority","content":"#### 3 Authority\n\n This instrument is made under the Airports Act 1996.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"#### 5 Definitions\n\n> Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:\n\n (a) airport lease;\n (b) airport‑lessee company;\n (c) airport site;\n (d) Environment Minister;\n (e) quality of service matter.\n In this instrument:\n\n> Act means the Airports Act 1996.\n\n> aeronautical services and facilities: see subsection 20(1).\n\n> associate has the meaning given by clause 5 of the Schedule to the Act.\n\n> Environment Department means the Department administered by the Environment Minister.\n\n> non‑aeronautical services and facilities means services and facilities provided at an airport that are not aeronautical services and facilities.\n\n> Secretary means the Secretary of the Department.\n\n> site of indigenous significance means a site that has value:\n\n (a) of customary significance to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people; or\n (b) of significance to the anthropological or archaeological understanding of Australian aboriginal history and society.\n\n> terms includes conditions.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Airport sites","content":"#### 6 Airport sites\n\n For the purposes of the definition of airport site in section 5 of the Act, each of the following places (to the extent that it is a Commonwealth place) is declared to be an airport site:\n (a) Adelaide Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.1 of Schedule 1;\n (b) Alice Springs Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.2 of Schedule 1;\n (c) Archerfield Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.3 of Schedule 1;\n (d) Bankstown Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.4 of Schedule 1;\n (e) Brisbane Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.5 of Schedule 1;\n (f) Camden Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.6 of Schedule 1;\n (g) Canberra Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.7 of Schedule 1;\n (h) Darwin International Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.8 of Schedule 1;\n (i) Essendon Fields Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.9 of Schedule 1;\n (j) Gold Coast Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.10 of Schedule 1;\n (k) Hobart International Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.11 of Schedule 1;\n (l) Jandakot Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.12 of Schedule 1;\n (m) Launceston Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.13 of Schedule 1;\n (n) Melbourne (Tullamarine) Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.14 of Schedule 1;\n (o) Moorabbin Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.15 of Schedule 1;\n (p) Mount Isa Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.16 of Schedule 1;\n (q) Parafield Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.17 of Schedule 1;\n (r) Perth Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.18 of Schedule 1;\n (s) Sydney (Kingsford‑Smith) Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.19 of Schedule 1;\n (t) Sydney West Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.20 of Schedule 1;\n (u) Tennant Creek Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.21 of Schedule 1;\n (v) Townsville Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.22 of Schedule 1.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Leasing and management of airports","content":"## Part 2—Leasing and management of airports","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"7","sectionType":"section","heading":"Airports to which Part 2 of the Act applies","content":"#### 7 Airports to which Part 2 of the Act applies\n\n For the purposes of paragraph 12(1)(b) of the Act, the following airports are specified:\n (a) Archerfield Airport;\n (b) Bankstown Airport;\n (c) Camden Airport;\n (d) Essendon Fields Airport;\n (e) Jandakot Airport;\n (f) Moorabbin Airport;\n (g) Mount Isa Airport;\n (h) Parafield Airport;\n (i) Tennant Creek Airport.","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"8","sectionType":"section","heading":"Grounds for refusing to approve the transfer of an airport lease","content":"#### 8 Grounds for refusing to approve the transfer of an airport lease\n\n (1) This section is made for the purposes of paragraph 24(3)(a) of the Act.\n (2) The Minister may refuse to approve the transfer of an airport lease if the Minister is satisfied that:\n (a) the proposed transferee does not have the financial resources and managerial capabilities necessary to:\n (i) operate and develop the airport over the remainder of the lease period; or\n (ii) provide high‑quality airport services consistently with the sound development of civil aviation; or\n (b) the proposed transfer would, if it took place, be destructive of diversity of ownership of Australian airports; or\n (c) if the proposed transfer takes place:\n (i) the employees of the transferor company will be treated unfairly or inequitably; or\n (ii) the accrued employment benefits of the employees will not be preserved or would otherwise be adversely affected; or\n (d) the proposed transferee will not act responsibly in matters affecting the environment arising from the operation or management of the airport; or\n (e) the proposed transferee will not be responsive to:\n (i) the needs of the region in which the airport is located; or\n (ii) the interests of users of the airport.\n (3) The Minister may also refuse to approve the transfer of an airport lease if the Minister is not satisfied that, on or before the day of the proposed transfer of the airport lease, the transferor has transferred, or will transfer, to the proposed transferee, the transferor’s rights, liabilities and obligations relating to the airport lease or airport site under all contracts, or other arrangements, between the Commonwealth and the transferor that are specified in a written notice given to the transferor by the Minister.","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"9","sectionType":"section","heading":"Criteria for approval of airport‑management agreement or variation of an agreement","content":"#### 9 Criteria for approval of airport‑management agreement or variation of an agreement\n\n (1) For the purposes of paragraphs 33(4C)(a) and (4F)(a) of the Act, subsection (2) of this section specifies the matters that the Minister must have regard to in making a decision:\n (a) under subsection 33(4A) of the Act to approve an airport‑management agreement in relation to an airport; or\n (b) under subsection 33(4D) of the Act to approve a variation of such an agreement.\n (2) The matters are as follows:\n (a) whether the proposed agreement, or the agreement as proposed to be varied, (the proposed agreement) gives the airport‑lessee company an option to purchase the assets of the airport‑management company when the agreement is terminated;\n (b) whether the proposed agreement gives the airport‑lessee company an option to purchase the assets of the airport‑management company if, under the Corporations Act 2001:\n (i) the airport‑management company goes into liquidation; or\n (ii) the airport‑management company is wound up; or\n (iii) a liquidator is appointed (whether the liquidation is voluntary, provisional or otherwise and whether or not the liquidator is appointed provisionally or otherwise);\n (c) whether the proposed agreement provides that, if the airport lease is terminated for any reason, the Minister may direct that the Commonwealth, or a person nominated by the Minister, is taken to be substituted for the airport‑lessee company as a party to the agreement;\n (d) whether the proposed agreement provides that, if the airport lease is terminated for any reason, and if the Minister gives a direction referred to in paragraph (c), the agreement continues to have effect according to its terms, except that:\n (i) the Commonwealth or a person nominated by the Minister is to be taken to be a party to the agreement in the place of the airport‑lessee company; and\n (ii) the Commonwealth or a person nominated by the Minister is not liable under the agreement for liabilities arising before the Commonwealth or person is taken to have become a party to the agreement; and\n (iii) the Commonwealth or a person nominated by the Minister may terminate the agreement at any time, subject to the payment of fair and reasonable compensation;\n (e) whether the proposed agreement provides that the airport‑lessee company must not terminate the agreement unless it gives the Secretary:\n (i) written notice, at least 21 days before the intended termination date, of its intention to do so; and\n (ii) any information that the Secretary reasonably requires about the termination;\n (f) whether the proposed agreement, either:\n (i) provides that the airport‑lessee company may terminate the agreement only upon reasonable notice and for reasonable cause; or\n (ii) does not provide that the airport‑lessee company may terminate the agreement at any time without cause;\n (g) whether the proposed agreement provides for financial information to be given by the airport‑management company to the airport‑lessee company to enable the airport‑lessee company to comply with Part 7 of the Act (relating to accounts and reports).\n (3) In paragraph (2)(a):\n\n> assets of an airport‑management company includes:\n\n (a) the following:\n (i) non‑fixed plant and equipment;\n (ii) vehicles;\n (iii) machinery;\n (iv) office equipment;\n (v) computer systems owned by the airport‑management company and used exclusively at, or in relation to, the airport concerned; and\n (b) any interest of the airport‑management company as lessee or bailee of plant, equipment, vehicles, machinery or systems referred to in paragraph (a); and\n (c) any interest of the airport‑management company in a contract for the supply of goods and services for use at, or in relation to, the airport; and\n (d) any other tangible personal property of the airport‑management company that is used in connection with the management, operation or maintenance of the airport; and\n (e) any interest of the airport‑management company in intellectual property (including computer software or any right of the airport‑management company to use computer software) in connection with the management, operation or maintenance of the airport.","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"10","sectionType":"section","heading":"Prohibited kinds of subleases","content":"#### 10 Prohibited kinds of subleases\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 34(1) of the Act, the following specified kinds of subleases of an airport lease are prohibited:\n (a) a sublease for a purpose that is inconsistent with the use as an airport of the airport site concerned;\n (b) a sublease that has a duration longer than the duration of the airport lease;\n (c) a sublease of premises within the airport site for the purposes of prostitution.\n (2) In working out the duration of an airport lease for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), assume that any option to renew the lease will be exercised.","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"11","sectionType":"section","heading":"Mandatory terms in subleases","content":"#### 11 Mandatory terms in subleases\n\n For the purposes of subsection 34B(1) of the Act, the following specified kinds of terms must be included in a sublease of an airport lease:\n (a) a term to the effect that the sublease is automatically terminated upon the creation of an interest in the sublease in favour of a person (other than a qualified company that has been approved by the Minister under paragraph 33(1)(a) of the Act) that is, either alone or with one or more associates, in a position to exercise control over either or both of the following:\n (i) the operation of the whole, or a substantial part of, the airport concerned;\n (ii) the direction to be taken in the development of the whole, or a substantial part of, the airport;\n (b) a term to the effect that any underlease of the sublease must contain a term to the same effect as that required by paragraph (a).","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"12","sectionType":"section","heading":"Prohibited kinds of licences","content":"#### 12 Prohibited kinds of licences\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 35(1) of the Act, the following specified kinds of licences relating to an airport lease are prohibited:\n (a) a licence for a purpose that is inconsistent with the use as an airport of the airport site concerned;\n (b) a licence that has a duration longer than the duration of the airport lease;\n (c) a licence of premises within the airport site for prostitution.\n (2) In working out the duration of an airport lease for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), assume that any option to renew the lease will be exercised.","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"13","sectionType":"section","heading":"Mandatory terms in licences","content":"#### 13 Mandatory terms in licences\n\n For the purposes of subsection 35B(1) of the Act, the following specified kinds of terms must be included in a licence relating to an airport lease:\n (a) a term to the effect that the licence is automatically terminated upon the creation of an interest in the licence in favour of a person who is, either alone or with one or more associates, in a position to exercise control over either or both of the following:\n (i) the operation of the whole, or a substantial part of, the airport concerned;\n (ii) the direction to be taken in the development of the whole, or a substantial part of, the airport;\n (b) a term to the effect that any further licence of the licence must contain a term to the same effect as that required by paragraph (a).","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"Part 3","sectionType":"part","heading":"Land use, planning and building controls","content":"## Part 3—Land use, planning and building controls","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"14","sectionType":"section","heading":"Airports to which Part 5 of the Act applies","content":"#### 14 Airports to which Part 5 of the Act applies\n\n For the purposes of paragraph 68(1)(b) of the Act, the following airports are prescribed:\n (a) Archerfield Airport;\n (b) Bankstown Airport;\n (c) Camden Airport;\n (d) Essendon Fields Airport;\n (e) Jandakot Airport;\n (f) Moorabbin Airport;\n (g) Parafield Airport.","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"15","sectionType":"section","heading":"Contents of draft or final master plan—general","content":"#### 15 Contents of draft or final master plan—general\n\n (1) For the purposes of paragraphs 71(2)(j) and (3)(j) of the Act, the following matters are specified as matters that must be set out in a draft or final master plan for an airport:\n (a) any change to the OLS or TIFPOP surfaces for the airport that is likely to result if development proceeds in accordance with the master plan;\n (b) if the draft master plan is given to the Minister, or the final master plan is approved by the Minister, before 1 April 2027—for an area of an airport where a change of use of a kind described in subregulation 6.07(2) of the Airports (Environment Protection) Regulations 1997 (as continued in force by section 100 of the Airports (Environment Protection) Regulations 2026) is proposed:\n (i) the contents of the report of any examination of the area carried out under regulation 6.09 of that instrument as continued in force; and\n (ii) the airport‑lessee company’s plans for dealing with any soil pollution referred to in the report; and\n (c) if the draft master plan is given to the Minister, or the final master plan is approved by the Minister, on or after 1 April 2027—for an area of an airport where a change of use of a kind described in subsection 65(1) of the Airports (Environment Protection) Regulations 2026 as in force on or after 1 April 2027 is proposed:\n (i) the contents of any written assessment report of the area under subsection 65(3) of that instrument or of any report of an examination of the area under the provision mentioned in subparagraph (b)(i) of this subsection; and\n (ii) the airport‑lessee company’s plans for dealing with any air, water or soil pollution, or offensive noise, referred to in the assessment report.\n (2) If a matter set out in an airport master plan, in accordance with section 71 of the Act, describes intentions for land use and related development embracing landside aspects, the proposals must (as far as possible) be described in an amount of detail that:\n (a) is equivalent to that required by; and\n (b) uses terminology (including definitions) consistent with that applying in;\n land use planning, zoning and development legislation in force in the State or Territory in which the airport is located.\n (3) In this section:\n\n> OLS has the same meaning as in the Airports (Protection of Airspace) Regulations 2026.\n\n> TIFPOP surface has the same meaning as in the Airports (Protection of Airspace) Regulations 2026.","sortOrder":15},{"sectionNumber":"16","sectionType":"section","heading":"Contents of draft or final master plan—matters to be detailed in environment strategy","content":"#### 16 Contents of draft or final master plan—matters to be detailed in environment strategy\n\n (1) For the purposes of subparagraphs 71(2)(h)(ix) and (3)(h)(ix) of the Act, subsection (2) of this section prescribes matters that an environment strategy specified in a draft or final master plan for an airport must detail.\n (2) The environment strategy must detail the following matters:\n (a) any areas within the airport site to which the strategy applies that the airport‑lessee company for the airport has identified as being a site of indigenous significance, following consultation with:\n (i) any relevant indigenous communities and organisations; and\n (ii) any relevant Commonwealth or State body;\n (b) the airport‑lessee company’s strategy for environmental management of areas of the airport site that are, or could be, used for a purpose that is not connected with airport operations;\n (c) the training necessary for appropriate environment management of the airport by persons, or classes of persons, employed on the airport site by the airport‑lessee company or by other major employers;\n (d) the training programs, of which the airport‑lessee company is aware, that it considers would meet the training needs of a person mentioned in paragraph (c).\n (3) In specifying the airport‑lessee company’s strategy for environmental management under paragraph (2)(b), the airport‑lessee company must address the matters mentioned in subsections 17(2) to (6), to the extent that the matters are relevant to that strategy.","sortOrder":16},{"sectionNumber":"17","sectionType":"section","heading":"Contents of draft or final master plan—things to be addressed in environment strategy","content":"#### 17 Contents of draft or final master plan—things to be addressed in environment strategy\n\n (1) This section is made for the purposes of subsection 71(5) of the Act.\n (2) In specifying, under subparagraph 71(2)(h)(i) or (3)(h)(i) of the Act, the airport‑lessee company’s objectives for the environmental management of the airport, the draft or final master plan must address the company’s policies and targets for:\n (a) continuous improvement in the environmental consequences of activities at the airport; and\n (b) progressive reduction in extant pollution at the airport; and\n (c) development and adoption of a comprehensive environmental management system for the airport that maintains consistency with relevant Australian and international standards; and\n (d) identification, and conservation, by the airport‑lessee company and other operators of undertakings at the airport, of objects and matters at the airport that have natural, indigenous or heritage value; and\n (e) involvement of the local community and airport users in development of any future strategy; and\n (f) dissemination of the strategy to sublessees, licensees, other airport users and the local community.\n (3) In specifying, under subparagraph 71(2)(h)(ii) or (3)(h)(ii) of the Act, the areas within the airport site which the airport‑lessee company, in consultation with State and Federal conservation bodies, identifies as environmentally significant, the draft or final master plan must address:\n (a) any relevant recommendation of the Australian Heritage Council; and\n (b) any relevant recommendation of the Environment Department regarding biota, habitat, heritage or similar matters; and\n (c) any relevant recommendation of a body established in the State in which the airport is located, having responsibilities in relation to conservation of biota, habitat, heritage or similar matters.\n (4) In specifying, under subparagraph 71(2)(h)(iii) or (3)(h)(iii) of the Act, the sources of environmental impact associated with airport operations or civil aviation operations at the airport (as appropriate), the draft or final master plan must address:\n (a) the quality of air at the airport site, and in so much of the regional airshed as is reasonably likely to be affected by airport activities; and\n (b) water quality, including potentially affected groundwater, estuarine waters and marine waters; and\n (c) soil quality, including that of land known to be already contaminated; and\n (d) release, into the air, of substances that deplete stratospheric ozone; and\n (e) generation and handling of hazardous waste and any other kind of waste; and\n (f) usage of natural resources (whether renewable or non‑renewable); and\n (g) usage of energy the production of which generates emissions of greenhouse gases (within the meaning of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007); and\n (h) generation of noise.\n (5) In specifying, under subparagraph 71(2)(h)(iv) or (3)(h)(iv) of the Act, the studies, reviews and monitoring to be carried out by the airport‑lessee company in connection with the environmental impact associated with airport operations or civil aviation operations at the airport (as the case may be), the draft or final master plan must address:\n (a) the matters mentioned in paragraph 16(2)(a) and in subsections (3) and (4) of this section; and\n (b) the scope, identified by the airport‑lessee company, for conservation of objects and matters at the airport that have natural, indigenous or heritage value; and\n (c) the approaches and measures identified by the airport‑lessee company as its preferred conservation approaches and measures; and\n (d) the professional qualifications that must be held by a person carrying out the monitoring; and\n (e) the proposed systems of testing, measuring and sampling to be carried out for possible, or suspected, pollution or excessive noise; and\n (f) the proposed frequency of routine reporting of monitoring results to the airport environment officer (if any) for the airport, or to the Secretary.\n (6) In specifying, under subparagraph 71(2)(h)(vi) or (3)(h)(vi) of the Act, the specific measures to be carried out by the airport‑lessee company for the purposes of preventing, controlling or reducing the environmental impact associated with airport operations or civil aviation operations at the airport (as the case may be), the draft or final master plan must address:\n (a) the matters mentioned in subsections (2) to (4) of this section; and\n (b) the means by which the airport‑lessee company proposes to achieve the cooperation of other operators of undertakings at the airport in carrying out those measures.","sortOrder":17},{"sectionNumber":"18","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meaning of development—prescribed activities","content":"#### 18 Meaning of development—prescribed activities\n\n For the purposes of paragraph 96M(c) of the Act, the following kinds of activities are prescribed:\n (a) the disinterment of remains;\n (b) activities related to such disinterment.","sortOrder":18},{"sectionNumber":"Part 4","sectionType":"part","heading":"Accounts and reports of airport‑operator companies","content":"## Part 4—Accounts and reports of airport‑operator companies","sortOrder":19},{"sectionNumber":"19","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of Part","content":"#### 19 Application of Part\n\n (1) The requirements of this Part apply to an airport‑operator company:\n (a) whether or not the company is a disclosing entity, within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001; and\n (b) whether or not the company is exempt under that Act (whether the exemption is by regulation or because of an exemption by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission) from compliance with any of the provisions of Chapter 2M of that Act.\n (2) To avoid doubt, nothing in this Part:\n (a) requires an airport‑operator company to prepare, for the purposes of this instrument, reports in respect of a half‑year (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001) unless the half‑year is the whole period during which the company was an airport‑operator company; or\n (b) affects a company’s obligations under any other law.","sortOrder":20},{"sectionNumber":"20","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meaning of aeronautical services and facilities","content":"#### 20 Meaning of aeronautical services and facilities\n\n (1) Aeronautical services and facilities means those services and facilities at an airport that are necessary for the operation and maintenance of civil aviation at the airport, and includes:\n (a) aircraft‑related services and facilities, within the meaning of subsection (3); and\n (b) passenger‑related services and facilities, within the meaning of subsection (4).\n (2) To avoid doubt, aeronautical services and facilities does not include services or facilities:\n (a) relating to the provision of a high‑quality service to certain passengers; or\n (b) that are not necessary for the efficient operation of civil aviation.\n Aircraft‑related services and facilities\n (3) The services and facilities in the following table are aircraft‑related services and facilities.\n\n```html\n

Aircraft‑related services and facilities

Item

Aircraft‑related services and facilities

1

Runways, taxiways, aprons, airside roads and airside grounds

2

Airfield and airside lighting

3

Aircraft parking sites

4

Ground handling (including equipment storage and refuelling)

5

Aircraft refuelling (including a system of fixed storage tanks, pipelines and hydrant distribution equipment known as a Joint User Hydrant Installation or JUHI)

6

Airside freight handling and staging areas essential for aircraft loading and unloading

7

Navigation on an airfield (including nose‑in guidance systems and other visual navigation aids)

8

Airside safety and security services and facilities (including rescue and fire‑fighting services and perimeter fencing)

9

Environmental hazard control

10

Services and facilities to ensure compliance with environmental laws

11

Sites and buildings used for light or emergency aircraft maintenance

\n```\n\n Passenger‑related services and facilities\n (4) The services and facilities in the following table are passenger‑related services and facilities.\n\n```html\n

Meaning of passenger‑related services and facilities

Item

Passenger‑related services and facilities

1

Public areas in terminals, public amenities, lifts, escalators and moving walkways

2

Necessary departure and holding lounges, and related facilities

3

Aerobridges and buses used in airside areas

4

Flight information and public‑address systems

5

Facilities to enable the processing of passengers through customs, immigration and quarantine

6

Check‑in counters and related facilities (including any associated queuing areas)

7

Terminal access roads and facilities in landside areas (including lighting and covered walkways)

8

Security systems and services (including closed circuit surveillance systems)

9

Baggage make‑up, handling and reclaiming facilities

10

Space and facilities, whether in landside or airside areas, that are necessary for the efficient handling of arriving and departing aircraft (e.g. airline crew‑rooms and airline operations centres)

\n```\n\n (5) In this section, airside area and landside area have the respective meanings given by section 9 of the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004.","sortOrder":21},{"sectionNumber":"21","sectionType":"section","heading":"Airports to which Part 7 of the Act applies","content":"#### 21 Airports to which Part 7 of the Act applies\n\n For the purposes of paragraph 140(1)(a) of the Act, the following airports are specified:\n (a) Brisbane Airport;\n (b) Melbourne (Tullamarine) Airport;\n (c) Perth Airport;\n (d) Sydney (Kingsford‑Smith) Airport;\n (e) Sydney West Airport.","sortOrder":22},{"sectionNumber":"22","sectionType":"section","heading":"Preparation of accounts and statements—financial reports","content":"#### 22 Preparation of accounts and statements—financial reports\n\n (1) This section is made for the purposes of subsection 141(2) of the Act and specifies accounts and statements that an airport‑operator company for an airport must prepare.\n\n> Note 1: This section only applies to an airport‑operator company for an airport if the airport is specified under section 21 of this instrument and there is an airport lease for the airport (see subsection 140(1) of the Act).\n\n> Note 2: The company must also prepare a directors’ report under section 23 of this instrument.\n\n Financial report for airport‑operator companies\n (2) The company must, for its operations at the airport, prepare accounts and statements in the form of a financial report.\n\n> Note: A financial report is required to be prepared in respect of the whole or part, as the case may be, of a financial year (see subsection 141(2) of the Act).\n\n (3) The financial report must:\n (a) either:\n (i) be the financial report prepared under Part 2M.3 of the Corporations Act 2001; or\n (ii) be a report that contains the same contents as if it were a report under Part 2M.3 of the Corporations Act 2001; and\n (b) include, or be accompanied by a document setting out, the costs and revenue, including the costs associated with maintenance and repair, in relation to the provision and use of:\n (i) aeronautical services and facilities; and\n (ii) non‑aeronautical services and facilities.\n\n> Note: The costs and revenue in relation to the provision and use of aeronautical services and facilities must include costs recovered directly or indirectly from airlines (see subsection (7)).\n\n (4) The financial report under subsection (3):\n (a) is in addition to any other report required to be prepared under the Corporations Act 2001; and\n (b) must not be consolidated with the reports of any other company.\n Consolidated financial report for airport‑lessee companies\n (5) If the company is an airport‑lessee company for an airport, the company must also prepare accounts and statements for the airport in the form of a consolidated financial report in accordance with the accounting standards under Part 2M.5 of the Corporations Act 2001.\n (6) The consolidated financial report under subsection (5):\n (a) must be prepared for the airport‑lessee company and all airport‑management companies for the airport, as if those airport‑management companies were subsidiaries of the airport‑lessee company; and\n (b) subject to paragraph (c), must separately show the costs and revenue, including the costs associated with maintenance and repair, in relation to the provision and use of:\n (i) aeronautical services and facilities; and\n (ii) non‑aeronautical services and facilities; and\n (c) is not required to include details about a passenger‑related service or facility (within the meaning of subsection 20(4)) at an airport if the premises are leased, and the lease was in force when the airport lease was granted to the airport‑lessee company.\n\n> Note: The costs and revenue in relation to the provision and use of aeronautical services and facilities must include costs recovered directly or indirectly from airlines (see subsection (7)).\n\n Reports must include costs recovered directly or indirectly from airlines\n (7) For the purposes of paragraphs (3)(b) and (6)(b), the costs and revenue in relation to the provision and use of aeronautical services and facilities must include the costs recovered directly or indirectly from airlines (such as fuel throughput levies recovered through third party suppliers).","sortOrder":23},{"sectionNumber":"23","sectionType":"section","heading":"Preparation of accounts and statements—directors’ report","content":"#### 23 Preparation of accounts and statements—directors’ report\n\n (1) This section is made for the purposes of subsection 141(2) of the Act and specifies accounts and statements that an airport‑operator company for an airport must prepare.\n\n> Note 1: This section only applies to an airport‑operator company for an airport if the airport is specified under section 21 of this instrument and there is an airport lease for the airport (see subsection 140(1) of the Act).\n\n> Note 2: The company must also prepare financial reports under section 22 of this instrument.\n\n (2) The company must prepare accounts and statements in the form of a directors’ report.\n\n> Note: A directors’ report is required to be prepared in respect of the whole or part, as the case may be, of a financial year (see subsection 141(2) of the Act).\n\n (3) The directors’ report must be either:\n (a) the directors’ report prepared under Part 2M.3 of the Corporations Act 2001; or\n (b) a report that contains the same information as if it were a directors’ report under Part 2M.3 of the Corporations Act 2001.","sortOrder":24},{"sectionNumber":"24","sectionType":"section","heading":"Auditor’s certificate","content":"#### 24 Auditor’s certificate\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 142(5) of the Act, 90 days is prescribed.\n\n> Note: This is the period (after the end of an accounting period) within which the auditor of an airport‑operator company must give the company a certificate relating to the company’s accounts and statements.\n\n (2) For the purposes of subsection 142(5) of the Act, the following information is prescribed:\n (a) whether, in the auditor’s opinion:\n (i) the company concerned has kept financial records (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001) sufficient to enable financial statements (within the meaning of that Act) to be prepared and audited; and\n (ii) the auditor has been given all information, explanation and assistance necessary to carry out the audit;\n (b) whether, in the auditor’s opinion, the reports of the company concerned, prepared for the purposes of section 22 of this instrument:\n (i) comply with Part 7 of the Act, section 22 of this instrument and the relevant accounting standards made under Part 2M.5 of the Corporations Act 2001; and\n (ii) give a true and fair view of the company’s operations;\n (c) if the auditor considers that the reports prepared for the purposes of section 22 do not comply with Part 7 of the Act, section 22 of this instrument or the relevant accounting standards made under Part 2M.5 of the Corporations Act 2001, or do not give a true and fair view—why they do not do so;\n (d) details of any matter that, in the opinion of the auditor, should be reported to the ACCC.\n (3) Paragraphs (2)(a), (b) and (c) do not apply if the certificate is in the form required by the Corporations Act 2001 for an auditor’s report under Part 2M.3 of that Act.","sortOrder":25},{"sectionNumber":"25","sectionType":"section","heading":"Lodgement of accounts with the ACCC","content":"#### 25 Lodgement of accounts with the ACCC\n\n For the purposes of subsection 143(2) of the Act, 90 days is prescribed.\n\n> Note: This is the period (after the end of an accounting period) within which the accounts and statements of an airport‑operator company (and the auditor’s certificate given to the company in respect of the accounting period) must be given to the ACCC.","sortOrder":26},{"sectionNumber":"26","sectionType":"section","heading":"Airport reports","content":"#### 26 Airport reports\n\n (1) This section is made for the purposes of subsection 145(1) of the Act.\n (2) An airport‑operator company for an airport must, for each financial year, give to the ACCC a written report that sets out the total average staff equivalent of the persons employed at the airport, during the financial year, concerned with the provision of either:\n (a) aeronautical services and facilities; or\n (b) non‑aeronautical services and facilities.\n (3) In subsection (2):\n\n> average staff equivalent of a person employed at an airport means the number of hours in a day worked by the person at the airport, divided by the number of hours that the person would work at the airport in that day if working full‑time.","sortOrder":27},{"sectionNumber":"27","sectionType":"section","heading":"Record‑keeping","content":"#### 27 Record‑keeping\n\n For the purposes of subsection 146(1) of the Act, a company must keep records of the kind mentioned in that subsection, and must retain the records for 5 years after the end of the period to which the records relate.","sortOrder":28},{"sectionNumber":"Part 5","sectionType":"part","heading":"Quality of service monitoring","content":"## Part 5—Quality of service monitoring","sortOrder":29},{"sectionNumber":"28","sectionType":"section","heading":"Airports to which Part 8 of the Act applies","content":"#### 28 Airports to which Part 8 of the Act applies\n\n For the purposes of paragraph 151(1)(a) of the Act, the following airports are specified:\n (a) Brisbane Airport;\n (b) Melbourne (Tullamarine) Airport;\n (c) Perth Airport;\n (d) Sydney (Kingsford‑Smith) Airport;\n (e) Sydney West Airport.","sortOrder":30},{"sectionNumber":"29","sectionType":"section","heading":"Aspects of airport services and facilities to be monitored and evaluated by the ACCC","content":"#### 29 Aspects of airport services and facilities to be monitored and evaluated by the ACCC\n\n Passenger‑related airport services and facilities that are subject to monitoring and evaluation\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 155(1) of the Act, the aspects of airport services and facilities mentioned in an item in the following table are specified.\n\n```html\n

Passenger‑related airport services and facilities that are subject to monitoring and evaluation

Item

Aspects of airport services and facilities—passenger‑related airport services and facilities

Access

1

Airport access facilities (taxi facilities, kerbside space for pick‑up and drop‑off)

2

Car parking service facilities

3

Baggage trolleys

Departure

4

Check‑in services and facilities

5

Security inspection

6

Outbound baggage system

Arrival

7

Baggage make‑up, handling and reclaiming services and facilities

Departure and arrival

8

Facilities to enable the processing of passengers through customs, immigration and quarantine

Information and signage

9

Flight information, general signage and public‑address systems

Terminal facilities

10

Public areas in terminals and public amenities (washrooms and garbage bins), lifts, escalators and moving walkways

11

Gate lounges and seating other than in gate lounges

\n```\n\n Aircraft‑related airport services and facilities that are subject to monitoring and evaluation\n (2) For the purposes of subsection 155(1) of the Act, the aspects of airport services and facilities mentioned in an item in the following table are specified.\n\n```html\n

Aircraft‑related airport services and facilities that are subject to monitoring and evaluation

Item

Aspects of airport services and facilities—aircraft‑related airport services and facilities

1

Ground handling services and facilities

2

Aerobridge usage

3

Runways, taxiways and aprons

4

Aircraft parking facilities and bays

5

Airside freight handling, storage areas and cargo facilities

\n```","sortOrder":31},{"sectionNumber":"30","sectionType":"section","heading":"Records relevant to a quality of service matter","content":"#### 30 Records relevant to a quality of service matter\n\n (1) This section is made for the purposes of paragraph 156(1)(a) of the Act.\n (2) For each aspect of airport services or facilities mentioned in column 1 of an item of the following table (being aspects of airport services or facilities specified in section 29), the airport‑operator company for an airport must, for each financial year, keep a record of the matters mentioned in column 2 of the item.\n\n```html\n

Records relevant to a quality of service matter

Item

Column 1

Column 2

Aspects of airport services and facilities to which records are relevant

Matters for which records must be kept

1

Airport access facilities (taxi facilities, kerbside space for pick‑up and drop‑off)

1.1 Total area (international and domestic) at terminal kerbside for passenger pick‑up and drop‑off to landside operators such as taxis, and providers of other off‑airport parking services, measured in terms of the number of standard car park spaces

1.2 Total area (international and domestic) at terminal kerbside and at designated waiting areas for passenger pick‑up and drop‑off provided to the public at no charge measured in terms of the number of standard car park spaces

2

Car parking service facilities

2.1 Number of car parking spaces available to the public in the vicinity of the airport (including disabled parking) on 30 June in the financial year

2.2 Distance (in metres) between the nearest public car park and the terminal entrance nearest to that car park on 30 June in the financial year

2.3 Number of days the car park was open during the financial year

2.4 Number of vehicles that used the car park in the financial year

3

Baggage trolleys

3.1 Average number of passengers for each baggage trolley during peak hour in the financial year

3.2 Number of baggage trolleys on 30 June in the financial year

4

Check‑in services and facilities

4.1 Number of check‑in desks on 30 June in the financial year

4.2 Number of bag‑drop facilities on 30 June in the financial year

4.3 Number of spaces provided for check‑in kiosk facilities on 30 June in the financial year

5

Security inspection

5.1 Number of departing passengers for each security clearance system during peak hour in the financial year

5.2 Number of security clearance systems, including equipment required to process passengers and baggage, in use on 30 June in the financial year

6

Outbound baggage system

6.1 Average number of bags handled by the outbound baggage system during peak hour in the financial year

6.2 Total number of bags handled by baggage handling equipment in the financial year

6.3 Total number of hours during the financial year for which baggage handling equipment was in use

6.4 Capacity of baggage handling equipment (in bags per hour) on 30 June in the financial year

7

Baggage make‑up, handling and reclaiming services and facilities

7.1 Total number of bags handled by baggage handling equipment in the financial year

7.2 Total number of hours during the financial year for which baggage handling equipment was in use

7.3 Capacity of the baggage handling equipment (in bags per hour) on 30 June in the financial year

7.4 Capacity of the baggage reclaim system on 30 June in the financial year

7.5 Average number of bags handled by the inbound baggage system during peak hour in the financial year

7.6 Total number of planned interruptions to inbound baggage system in the financial year

7.7 Total number of hours of planned interruptions to inbound baggage system in the financial year

7.8 Total number of unplanned interruptions to inbound baggage system in the financial year

7.9 Total number of hours of unplanned interruptions to inbound baggage system in the financial year

7.10 Total area (in square metres) provided by the airport operator for baggage reclaim on 30 June in the financial year

8

Facilities to enable the processing of passengers through customs, immigration and quarantine

8.1 Average number of arriving passengers during peak hour in the financial year

8.2 Number of inbound Immigration desks on 30 June in the financial year

8.3 Number of baggage inspection desks on 30 June in the financial year

8.4 Number of outbound Immigration desks on 30 June in the financial year

9

Flight information, general signage and public‑address systems

9.1 Average number of passengers (whether arriving or departing passengers) during peak hour in the financial year

9.2 Number of flight information display screens on 30 June in the financial year

9.3 Number of information points on 30 June in the financial year

10

Public areas in terminals and public amenities (washrooms and garbage bins), lifts, escalators and moving walkways

10.1 Number of washrooms on 30 June in the financial year

11

Gate lounges and seating other than in gate lounges

11.1 Average number of departing passengers during peak hour in the financial year

11.2 Number of gate lounges on 30 June in the financial year

11.3 Number of seats in gate lounges on 30 June in the financial year

11.4 Total gate lounge area (in square metres) on 30 June in the financial year

11.5 Number of airport‑operator‑managed gate lounges on 30 June in the financial year

11.6 Number of seats in airport‑operator‑managed gate lounges on 30 June in the financial year

11.7 Number of seats in airport‑operator‑managed waiting areas (other than in gate lounges) on 30 June in the financial year

12

Aerobridge usage

12.1 Number of passengers who used aerobridges for embarkation in the financial year

12.2 Total number of passengers who embarked in the financial year

12.3 Number of passengers who used aerobridges for disembarkation in the financial year

12.4 Total number of passengers who disembarked in the financial year

12.5 Number of aerobridges on 30 June in the financial year

12.6 Percentage of passengers who used aerobridges for embarkation in the financial year

12.7 Percentage of passengers who used aerobridges for disembarkation in the financial year

13

Runways, taxiways and aprons

13.1 Total area of aprons available (in square metres) on 30 June in the financial year

13.2 Total area of runways (in square metres) on 30 June in the financial year

14

Aircraft parking facilities and bays

14.1 Number of aircraft parking bays on 30 June in the financial year

14.2 Total area of aircraft parking bays available (in square metres) on 30 June in the financial year

\n```\n\n (3) An airport‑operator company must retain a record kept under subsection (1) for 5 years after the end of the financial year to which the record relates.\n (4) If a service or facility to which a matter in column 2 of the table in subsection (2) relates is provided for the airport, under an agreement with the airport‑operator company, by a person other than the airport‑operator company, then:\n (a) the airport‑operator company for the airport need not comply with subsections (2) and (3) about the matter; and\n (b) the person providing the service or facility must comply with subsections (2) and (3) about the matter as if any reference in those subsections to the airport‑operator company were a reference to the person.\n\n> Note: A company may commit an offence if the company fails to comply with a requirement in this section (see subsection 156(5) of the Act).\n\n (5) In this section:\n\n> peak hour, in relation to a financial year, means:\n\n (a) for a matter relating exclusively to arriving passengers or inbound baggage—the hour that, on average for each day in the financial year, has the highest number of arriving passengers; or\n (b) for a matter relating exclusively to departing passengers or outbound baggage—the hour that, on average for each day in the financial year, has the highest number of departing passengers; or\n (c) in any other case—the hour that, on average for each day in the financial year, has the highest total number of passenger movements (including both arriving and departing passengers).","sortOrder":32},{"sectionNumber":"31","sectionType":"section","heading":"Giving information to ACCC","content":"#### 31 Giving information to ACCC\n\n (1) For the purposes of paragraph 156(1)(b) of the Act, a person who is required under section 30 of this instrument to keep a record for a financial year must give the information contained in the record to the ACCC within 90 days after the end of the financial year.\n (2) If an airport‑operator company carries out a survey about a quality of service matter, the company must give the ACCC information about the results of the survey within 90 days after the end of the financial year in which the survey is carried out.\n\n> Note: A document may, in certain circumstances, be given electronically (see section 9 of the Electronic Transactions Act 1999).\n\n (3) Information given to the ACCC under this section must be verified by statutory declaration by:\n (a) if the person obliged to give the information is an individual—the person, or a manager or executive officer employed by the person; or\n (b) if the person is a corporation—a director of the corporation.\n\n> Note: A company may commit an offence if the company fails to comply with a requirement in this section (see subsection 156(5) of the Act).","sortOrder":33},{"sectionNumber":"Part 6","sectionType":"part","heading":"Protection of airspace around airports","content":"## Part 6—Protection of airspace around airports","sortOrder":34},{"sectionNumber":"32","sectionType":"section","heading":"Airports to which Part 12 of the Act applies","content":"#### 32 Airports to which Part 12 of the Act applies\n\n For the purposes of paragraph 180(1)(b) of the Act, the following airports are specified:\n (a) Archerfield Airport;\n (b) Bankstown Airport;\n (c) Camden Airport;\n (d) Essendon Fields Airport;\n (e) Jandakot Airport;\n (f) Moorabbin Airport;\n (g) Mount Isa Airport;\n (h) Parafield Airport;\n (i) Tennant Creek Airport.","sortOrder":35},{"sectionNumber":"Part 7","sectionType":"part","heading":"Miscellaneous","content":"## Part 7—Miscellaneous","sortOrder":36},{"sectionNumber":"33","sectionType":"section","heading":"Declaration of airport sites","content":"#### 33 Declaration of airport sites\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 251B(1) of the Act, subsection 6(1) of this instrument is prescribed.\n (2) For the purposes of subsection 251B(4) of the Act, each of the Parts of Schedule 1 to this instrument is prescribed.","sortOrder":37},{"sectionNumber":"Part 8","sectionType":"part","heading":"Application, saving and transitional provisions","content":"## Part 8—Application, saving and transitional provisions","sortOrder":38},{"sectionNumber":"34","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"#### 34 Definitions\n\n In this Part:\n\n> old regulations means the Airports Regulations 1997, as in force immediately before the commencement of this section.","sortOrder":39},{"sectionNumber":"35","sectionType":"section","heading":"Things done under the Airports Regulations 1997","content":"#### 35 Things done under the Airports Regulations 1997\n\n (1) If:\n (a) a thing was done for a particular purpose under the old regulations; and\n (b) the thing could be done for that purpose under this instrument;\n the thing has effect for the purposes of this instrument as if it had been done for that purpose under this instrument.\n (2) Without limiting subsection (1), a reference in that subsection to a thing being done includes a reference to a direction, notice, application, authorisation or other instrument being given or made.","sortOrder":40},{"sectionNumber":"36","sectionType":"section","heading":"Record keeping","content":"#### 36 Record keeping\n\n Despite the repeal of the old regulations, regulations 7.08, 8.02 and 8.03 of, and Schedule 2 to, the old regulations continue to apply to records kept under regulations 7.08 and 8.02 before the repeal, as if the old regulations had not been repealed.","sortOrder":41},{"sectionNumber":"37","sectionType":"section","heading":"Amendments made by the Airports (Protection of Airspace) Legislation (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026","content":"#### 37 Amendments made by the Airports (Protection of Airspace) Legislation (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026\n\nThe amendments of section 15 of this instrument made by the Airports (Protection of Airspace) Legislation (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 apply in relation to:\n\n (a) a draft master plan for an airport given to the Minister under section 81 or 81A of the Act on or after the commencement of this item; and\n (b) a final master plan that comes into force under section 83 of the Act on or after the commencement of this item, where the draft master plan was given to the Minister on or after that commencement.","sortOrder":42},{"sectionNumber":"Part 1.1","sectionType":"part","heading":"—Adelaide Airport","content":"## Part 1.1—Adelaide Airport","sortOrder":43},{"sectionNumber":"Part 1.2","sectionType":"part","heading":"—Alice Springs Airport","content":"## Part 1.2—Alice Springs Airport","sortOrder":45},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Alice Springs Airport","content":"#### 2 Alice Springs Airport\n\n The land specified in the Northern Territory certificates of title set out in the following table makes up Alice Springs Airport.\n\n```html\n

Certificates of title

Item

Volume

Folio

Description

1

763

785

N.T. Portion 428 from plan S 80/149

2

763

786

N.T. Portion 5238 from plan S 97/049

3

763

790

N.T. Portion 4054 from plan S 91/034

4

763

795

N.T. Portion 4437 from plan S 91/035

5

763

796

N.T. Portion 569 from plan S 80/149

6

766

275

N.T. Portion 4004 from plans S 91/34B and S 91/34C

7

804

666

N.T. Portion 429 from plan S 80/149

8

804

667

N.T. Portion 3840 from plan LTO 90/001B

9

804

668

N.T. Portion 3839 from plan LTO 90/001D

10

804

669

N.T. Portion 4005 from plans S 91/34 and S 91/35B

11

804

670

N.T. Portion 1025 from plan S 80/149

12

804

671

N.T. Portion 806 from plan S 80/149

13

804

672

N.T. Portion 995 from plan S 80/149

\n```","sortOrder":46},{"sectionNumber":"Part 1.3","sectionType":"part","heading":"—Archerfield Airport","content":"## Part 1.3—Archerfield Airport","sortOrder":47},{"sectionNumber":"Part 1.4","sectionType":"part","heading":"—Bankstown Airport","content":"## Part 1.4—Bankstown Airport","sortOrder":49},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bankstown Airport","content":"#### 4 Bankstown Airport\n\n The land specified in the New South Wales certificates of title set out in the following table makes up Bankstown Airport.\n\n```html\n

Certificates of title

Item

Folio identifier

Description

1

1/1282660

Lot 1 in Deposited Plan 1282660, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

2

1/739114

Lot 1 in Deposited Plan 739114, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

3

1/790270

Lot 1 in Deposited Plan 790270, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

4

1/790311

Lot 1 in Deposited Plan 790311, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

5

1/790313

Lot 1 in Deposited Plan 790313, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

6

1/802498

Lot 1 in Deposited Plan 802498, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

7

10/1071297

Lot 10 in Deposited Plan 1071297, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

8

101/852861

Lot 101 in Deposited Plan 852861, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

9

104/852861

Lot 104 in Deposited Plan 852861, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

10

105/852861

Lot 105 in Deposited Plan 852861, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

11

109/860802

Lot 109 in Deposited Plan 860802, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

12

11/1071297

Lot 11 in Deposited Plan 1071297, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

13

112/878720

Lot 112 in Deposited Plan 878720, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

14

114/874853

Lot 114 in Deposited Plan 874853, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

15

116/877972

Lot 116 in Deposited Plan 877972, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

16

12/1071297

Lot 12 in Deposited Plan 1071297, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

17

121/883243

Lot 121 in Deposited Plan 883243, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

18

122/1037071

Lot 122 in Deposited Plan 1037071, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

19

123/1037076

Lot 123 in Deposited Plan 1037076, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

20

124/1037073

Lot 124 in Deposited Plan 1037073, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

21

127/1009904

Lot 127 in Deposited Plan 1009904, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

22

128/1037070

Lot 128 in Deposited Plan 1037070, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

23

129/1014121

Lot 129 in Deposited Plan 1014121, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

24

13/1071297

Lot 13 in Deposited Plan 1071297, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

25

14/1071297

Lot 14 in Deposited Plan 1071297, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

26

16/1071297

Lot 16 in Deposited Plan 1071297, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

27

17/1071297

Lot 17 in Deposited Plan 1071297, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

28

2/1071297

Lot 2 in Deposited Plan 1071297, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

29

2/1282660

Lot 2 in Deposited Plan 1282660, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

30

2/792774

Lot 2 in Deposited Plan 792774, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

31

2/792775

Lot 2 in Deposited Plan 792775, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

32

232/1132273

Lot 232 in Deposited Plan 1132273, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

33

275/1122545

Lot 275 in Deposited Plan 1122545, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

34

2763/1177552

Lot 2763 in Deposited Plan 1177552, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

35

279/1122545

Lot 279 in Deposited Plan 1122545, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

36

281/1122545

Lot 281 in Deposited Plan 1122545, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

37

282/1122545

Lot 282 in Deposited Plan 1122545, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

38

283/1122545

Lot 283 in Deposited Plan 1122545, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

39

284/1122545

Lot 284 in Deposited Plan 1122545, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

40

287/1122545

Lot 287 in Deposited Plan 1122545, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

41

288/1122545

Lot 288 in Deposited Plan 1122545, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

42

289/1122545

Lot 289 in Deposited Plan 1122545, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

43

290/1122545

Lot 290 in Deposited Plan 1122545, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

44

291/1122545

Lot 291 in Deposited Plan 1122545, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

45

292/1122545

Lot 292 in Deposited Plan 1122545, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

46

293/1122545

Lot 293 in Deposited Plan 1122545, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

47

294/1122545

Lot 294 in Deposited Plan 1122545, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

48

295/1122545

Lot 295 in Deposited Plan 1122545, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

49

296/1122545

Lot 296 in Deposited Plan 1122545, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

50

297/1122545

Lot 297 in Deposited Plan 1122545, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

51

299/1122545

Lot 299 in Deposited Plan 1122545, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

52

3/1071297

Lot 3 in Deposited Plan 1071297, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

53

310/1077440

Lot 310 in Deposited Plan 1077440, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

54

312/1077440

Lot 312 in Deposited Plan 1077440, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

55

313/1077440

Lot 313 in Deposited Plan 1077440, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

56

314/1077440

Lot 314 in Deposited Plan 1077440, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

57

316/1077440

Lot 316 in Deposited Plan 1077440, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

58

317/1077440

Lot 317 in Deposited Plan 1077440, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

59

318/1077440

Lot 318 in Deposited Plan 1077440, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

60

320/1077440

Lot 320 in Deposited Plan 1077440, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

61

321/1077440

Lot 321 in Deposited Plan 1077440, County of Cumberland, Parish of Bankstown

62

322/1077440

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The 2024 version updates references and incorporates amendments but does not appear to expand beyond the original regulatory framework."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive cross-referencing to the Airports Act 1996 and other legislation (Corporations Act, Aviation Transport Security Act, National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act)","22 separate airport site definitions with hundreds of land title references across multiple states/territories","Detailed tables specifying 16 categories of quality-of-service metrics with 70+ individual data points to be recorded","Nested conditional logic in lease transfer approval criteria (5 separate grounds for refusal)","Master plan requirements with 6 subsections of mandatory environmental strategy content","Multiple overlapping definitions: 'aeronautical services', 'passenger-related services', 'airside', 'landside', 'site of indigenous significance'","Transitional provisions preserving old regulations and future amendments","Complex financial reporting requirements with consolidation rules and 90-day deadlines"],"plain_english_summary":"This law sets detailed rules for managing, leasing and regulating Australia’s 22 major airports (including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth). It defines airport land, controls transfers and subleases, requires master plans and environmental/heritage protections, mandates financial and service-quality reporting for major airports, and protects certain airspace.\n\nIt affects airport operators, leaseholders, airlines, passengers, local communities and the ACCC — preserving safety, accountability, environmental safeguards and competitive control of critical aviation infrastructure."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":9,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument retains the core functions of the Airports Regulations (defining airport sites, regulating leases, master plans, accounts and monitoring) but materially expands detail and prescriptiveness compared to a basic framework. Concretely: (a) it introduces an extensive, standardised dataset and annual reporting regime for ACCC quality‑of‑service monitoring with many specific metrics and verification rules (sections 29–31 and section 30 table), (b) it prescribes detailed master plan environmental content, including consultation on sites of indigenous significance and alignment with new environment/airspace instruments (sections 15–17 and item 37), and (c) it makes the approval criteria for transfers and management agreements more detailed (sections 8–9). Those additions move the instrument from high‑level regulation towards operational, administratively heavy standards, increasing compliance obligations and bureaucratic decision points compared with a more minimalist regulatory scope."},"complexity_factors":["Instrument length: 8 substantive Parts plus an extensive Schedule (Schedule 1 contains 22 Parts listing cadastral parcels for 22 airports).","Large number of defined terms and external cross‑references (Act, Corporations Act 2001, multiple other Regulations including Airports (Environment Protection) Regulations and Airports (Protection of Airspace) Regulations).","Numerous lists that determine applicability: separate lists of airports for different Parts of the Act (sections 7, 14, 21, 28, 32) creating conditional coverage depending on which provision is invoked.","Detailed, prescriptive reporting and record‑keeping regime with many distinct metrics and measurement rules (section 30’s multi‑column table enumerating >40 discrete data items and associated sub‑metrics).","Multiple conditional rules and exceptions (e.g. who must keep/provide records when services are third‑party provided—section 30(4); transitional timing rules for environmental reports—section 15 and item 37).","Nested contractual controls and substitution mechanics in management agreements (complex options, substitution of Commonwealth/person nominated by Minister, conditional compensation—section 9(c)–(d)).","Temporal and transitional complexity: carry‑over provisions for actions under old regulations and staged application tied to commencement dates and related instruments (Parts 8 and item 37).","Prescriptive audit and verification requirements with exceptions where Corporations Act forms are used (sections 24(2)–(3)).","Interaction with State/Territory planning regimes required (section 15(2)), imposing multi‑jurisdictional consistency obligations."],"plain_english_summary":"**What this instrument does (mechanically)\n\n- Declares which parcels of Commonwealth land are \"airport sites\" (see section 6 and Schedule 1, Parts 1.1–1.22). This fixes the cadastral boundaries for the airports listed.\n- Specifies which airports certain Parts of the Airports Act 1996 apply to (for example, leasing/management rules, land‑use/master plan rules, accounts and reporting, quality‑of‑service monitoring and airspace protection) so the Act’s obligations attach only to the airports named (see sections 7, 14, 21, 28 and 32).\n- Sets grounds and procedural criteria for Ministerial approval or refusal of lease transfers and of airport‑management agreements, including financial/managerial capacity, employee treatment, environmental responsibility and responsiveness to regional or user needs (see sections 8 and 9).\n- Prohibits particular kinds of subleases and licences (e.g. non‑airport uses, durations exceeding the airport lease, premises for prostitution) and prescribes mandatory anti‑control/anti‑capture clauses in subleases and licences (automatic termination if a controlling interest appears) (see sections 10–13).\n- Prescribes detailed content requirements for draft and final airport master plans, especially environmental strategy content and consultation about sites of indigenous significance; timing rules align with provisions in related environmental and airspace instruments (see sections 15–17).\n- Prescribes a short list of activities that qualify as \"development\" in a specific context (disinterment of remains) (see section 18).\n- Imposes accounting, reporting and audit obligations on airport‑operator and airport‑lessee companies at specified airports: financial reports and directors’ reports that either mirror Corporations Act templates or contain the same content, consolidated reporting of aeronautical and non‑aeronautical costs/revenue, inclusion of costs recovered from airlines, auditor certificates within 90 days and lodging with the ACCC within 90 days (see sections 19–25).\n- Requires annual operational and service records and specifies a long list of measurable metrics the airport (or a third‑party service provider) must keep and provide to the ACCC for quality‑of‑service monitoring (baggage handling statistics, car park spaces and usage, check‑in and security throughput, aerobridge usage, runway/apron areas, staffing equivalents, etc.) and sets retention (5 years) and verification requirements (statutory declaration) (see sections 26, 27, 29–31).\n- Makes transitional and saving provisions so actions taken under the old Airports Regulations 1997 continue to have effect where the same power exists here, and preserves some record rules for records created under the old regulations (see sections 34–36).\n\nWho this affects and how it matters (plain language)\n\n- Airport owners/operators and airport‑lessee companies: they must prepare and lodge specific financial and non‑financial reports, keep detailed operational records, include prescribed terms in subleases/licences, and follow the detailed master plan and environmental requirements (sections 22–23, 29–31, 15–17, 11–13). Preparing these items requires staff time, external accountants/auditors and likely changes to contract templates.\n- Airport‑management companies and contractors: contracts and asset arrangements are regulated by the approval criteria (section 9) and the operator may be required to supply detailed financial information (section 9(g)). If a service is provided by a third party, the third party—not the airport operator—must supply the ACCC data for that service (section 30(4)).\n- Airlines and other airport users: the regulations require airports to report costs and revenues, including costs recovered directly or indirectly from airlines (e.g. throughput levies) (section 22(3)(b), (7)). That reporting increases transparency about how charges are allocated.\n- Employees at airports: transfer approvals may be refused where the Minister is satisfied employees would be treated unfairly or their accrued benefits not preserved (section 8(2)(c)). That creates an enforcement/resolution lever for employee outcomes in lease transfers.\n- Commonwealth decision makers (Minister, Secretary, ACCC): the instrument gives the Minister discretions (approving transfers, substituting the Commonwealth into management agreements on lease termination—see section 9(c)–(d)) and gives the ACCC the role of monitoring and evaluating specified quality‑of‑service matters using the prescribed datasets (sections 29–31).\n\nStated purposes (as described in the instrument)\n\n- The instrument operationalises and updates the Airports Act 1996 by specifying airports, setting mandatory contract terms, tightening reporting and transparency, and embedding environmental and land‑use requirements into master plans (see Authority, section 3; master plan sections 15–17).\n\nTesting those purpose‑claims against costs, incentives and trade‑offs\n\n- Compliance cost and capacity: the instrument requires granular annual metrics (many items listed in section 30) and audited consolidated accounts broken down between aeronautical and non‑aeronautical services (sections 22–24). Airport companies must allocate personnel/time and possibly new IT systems to collect, audit and verify data—an ongoing recurring cost.\n- Incentives and private behaviour: requiring disclosure of costs recovered from airlines (section 22(7)) increases transparency and may change bargaining between airports and airlines. Mandatory anti‑control clauses in subleases/licences (sections 11, 13) constrain the ability of sub‑lessees/licensees to be used to gain effective control of airport operations, which affects how investors and operators structure transactions.\n- Bureaucratic discretion and selection effects: Ministerial powers to refuse transfers on broad grounds (diversity of ownership, environmental responsibility, regional responsiveness—section 8) and to substitute the Commonwealth into management agreements (section 9(c)–(d)) concentrate decision power in the Minister’s office and alter negotiation leverage in transactions. That creates potential for concentrated benefits to those who secure favourable Ministerial decisions and a risk of administratively‑driven uncertainty for bidders.\n- Coordination and implementation risk: master‑plan content must align with State/Territory planning terminology and cross‑referenced instruments (section 15(2); references to Airports (Environment Protection) Regulations 1997/2026). Where the instrument ties timelines to other instruments (section 15 and item 37), synchronization failures can complicate compliance.\n- Who pays: the immediate, measurable costs fall on airport‑operator and airport‑lessee companies (data collection, audits, legal contract changes). Airlines and passengers may face indirect cost pass‑through if airports seek to recover increased compliance costs via charges or commercial terms.\n\nPractical implementation notes\n\n- Reporting deadlines are tight in several places (auditor's certificate and lodging with ACCC within 90 days—sections 24(1), 25).\n- The instrument contains many cross‑references to other Commonwealth laws and instruments (the Airports Act, Corporations Act, Airports (Environment Protection) Regulations and Airports (Protection of Airspace) Regulations), so compliance requires legal/technical coordination.\n\nKey provisions to skim first if you operate or advise an airport: sections 6 (site declarations), 8–13 (leasing/contract controls), 15–17 (master plan/environment), 22–27 (accounts, audit, lodging), 29–31 (quality monitoring and ACCC data obligations), and Schedule 1 (site boundaries)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/airports-regulations-2024","history":"/api/acts/airports-regulations-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/airports-regulations-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/airports-regulations-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/airports-regulations-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/airports-regulations-2024/documents"}}