{"id":"F2022L00196","name":"Crimes (Major Airports—Cairns Airport) Determination 2022","slug":"crimes-major-airports-cairns-airport-determination-2022","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441234,"registerId":"F2022L00196-fast-fetch-1775956601939","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Crimes (Major Airports—Cairns Airport) Determination 2022","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nCrimes (Major Airports—Cairns Airport) Determination 2022\n\nI, Karen Andrews, Minister for Home Affairs, make the following determination.\n\nDated 22 February 2022\n\nKaren Andrews\n\nMinister for Home Affairs\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Major airport—Cairns Airport\n\nSchedule 1—Description of land in relation to Cairns Airport\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Crimes (Major Airports—Cairns Airport) Determination 2022.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 1 March 2022\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subsection 3UO(1) of the Crimes Act 1914.\n\n4  Major airport—Cairns Airport\n\n (1) Cairns Airport is determined as an airport for the purposes of paragraph (m) of the definition of major airport in subsection 3UM(1) of the Crimes Act 1914.\n\n (2) For the purposes of paragraph 3UM(2)(b) of the Crimes Act 1914, the land in relation to Cairns Airport is described as follows by the aerial photographic map in Schedule 1:\n\n (a) the land, including land beneath an area of water, within the boundary of each area indicated by a continuous red line on the map, as far as the edge of the land indicated by the outer edge of the line (including, for example, the land on which the HIAL (High Intensity Approach Lighting) compound identified by the map is situated);\n\n (b) the land over which the HIAL bridge identified by the map is situated, including the riverbed underneath the bridge and the land on or under the approaches to the bridge, and consisting of the relevant land indicated by red lines on the map.\n\nNote 1: The HIAL bridge identified by the map spans the Barron River.\n\nNote 2: The land described in this subsection includes any building, structure, installation or equipment situated on the land (see paragraph 3UM(2)(c) of the Crimes Act 1914). For example, this includes the HIAL compound mentioned in paragraph (a) and the HIAL bridge mentioned in paragraph (b).\n\nSchedule 1—Description of land in relation to Cairns Airport\n\nNote: See section 4.\n\n![Aerial photographic map dated 13 January 2021 identifying Cairns Airport and land in the vicinity of the airport using grid coordinates. The map shows areas of land described by the instrument within red lines and by the indications "HIAL compound" and "HIAL bridge".](image.002.jpeg)\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not amend substantive offences or create new crimes; it effects a statutory designation under the authority in subsection 3UO(1) of the Crimes Act 1914 and supplies the map-based land description required by subsection 3UM(2). The practical scope is limited to treating the mapped land as a ‘major airport’ for purposes of provisions that reference that definition (see sections 3–4 and Schedule 1)."},"complexity_factors":["Short, single-purpose instrument (designation + map) — low textual complexity (sections 1–4 and Schedule 1).","Relies on cross-references to the Crimes Act 1914 (subsection 3UO(1), definition in subsection 3UM(1) and 3UM(2)) which requires readers to consult the principal Act to see substantive consequences.","Uses an external aerial map in Schedule 1 to define precise land boundaries (including land beneath water and structures), creating technical geographic precision rather than complex legal drafting.","Contains a commencement table with an effective date (administrative detail but straightforward).","Limited discretionary or operative rules in the instrument itself — power exercised by Ministerial determination (authority cited in section 3)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made by the Minister for Home Affairs under subsection 3UO(1) of the Crimes Act 1914, designates Cairns Airport as a “major airport” for the Crimes Act and fixes the airport’s boundaries by the aerial map in Schedule 1 (including the HIAL compound and HIAL bridge). It commences 1 March 2022. The designation brings the mapped land within the Crimes Act’s definition of a major airport and thus affects how that land is characterised for offences and jurisdictional provisions that reference that definition (see ss.3–4)."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument serves its original narrow purpose: designating a specific airport as a 'major airport' under the Crimes Act. It has not expanded beyond this intent."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (4 sections plus schedule)","Only 1 defined term used (HIAL - explained in text)","Minimal cross-referencing (only references to Crimes Act 1914, sections 3UM and 3UO)","Simple conditional logic (none - just declaratory provisions)","Single purpose instrument with no exceptions or nested conditions","Relies on external map for technical land description rather than complex legal drafting"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument declares Cairns Airport a “major airport” under the Crimes Act 1914, bringing it within federal aviation security and criminal laws (including the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004). It affects passengers, staff, operators, security personnel and anyone committing certain offences on airport land by placing those matters under federal jurisdiction and national security standards. The declaration’s schedule maps the specific land covered, including the main airport, a HIAL compound and a bridge over the Barron River."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/crimes-major-airports-cairns-airport-determination-2022","history":"/api/acts/crimes-major-airports-cairns-airport-determination-2022/history","analysis":"/api/acts/crimes-major-airports-cairns-airport-determination-2022/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/crimes-major-airports-cairns-airport-determination-2022/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/crimes-major-airports-cairns-airport-determination-2022/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/crimes-major-airports-cairns-airport-determination-2022/documents"}}