{"id":"F2023L00820","name":"Competition and Consumer (Price Notifications—Aeronautical Services to NSW Regional Airlines) Declaration 2023","slug":"f2023l00820","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441954,"registerId":"F2023L00820-fast-fetch-1775957108379","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Competition and Consumer (Price Notifications—Aeronautical Services to NSW Regional Airlines) Declaration 2023","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\nCompetition and Consumer (Price Notifications—Aeronautical Services to NSW Regional Airlines) Declaration 2023\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following declaration.\n\nDated  19 June 2023\n\n \n\nDr Andrew Leigh\n\nAssistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury  Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1  Name \n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Schedules\n\n5  Definitions\n\nPart 2—Price notifications\n\n6  Notified services\n\n7  Declared persons\n\nPart 3—Application\n\n8  Cessation and repeal\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nCompetition and Consumer (Price Notifications—Aeronautical Services to NSW Regional Airlines) Declaration 2022\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Competition and Consumer (Price Notifications—Aeronautical Services to NSW Regional Airlines) Declaration 2023.\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of this instrument. 1 July 2023. 1 July 2023\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.\n\n4  Schedules\n\n Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\n5  Definitions\n\nNote: Expressions have the same meaning in this instrument as in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 as in force from time to time—see paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003.\n\n In this instrument:\n\nABN has the meaning given by the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999.\n\nthe Act means the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.\n\nPart 2—Price notifications\n\n6  Notified services\n\nFor the purposes of Part VIIA of the Act, services consisting of the provision of aeronautical services and facilities (within the meaning of Part 7 of the Airports Regulations 1997) to regular public transport air services, operating wholly within the State of New South Wales, are declared to be notified services.\n\nNote: Under subsection 95X(1) of the Act, the Minister may declare goods and services of a specified description to be notified goods and services for the purposes of Part VIIA of the Act (about prices surveillance).\n\n7  Declared persons\n\n For the purposes of Part VIIA of the Act, Sydney Airport Corporation Limited (ABN 62 082 578 809) is a declared person in relation to services that are both:\n\n (a) notified services under section 6; and\n\n (b) provided at the airport known as Sydney (Kingsford-Smith) Airport.\n\nNote: Under subsection 95X(2) of the Act, the Minister may declare a person to be, in relation to goods and services of a specified description, a declared person for the purposes of Part VIIA of the Act (about prices surveillance).\n\nPart 3—Application\n\n8  Cessation and repeal\n\nThis instrument ceases to have effect on 30 June 2026, and is repealed on 1 July 2026.\n\nNote: Under subsection 95X(4) of the Act, the Minister must specify the time when this instrument is to cease to have effect.\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nCompetition and Consumer (Price Notifications—Aeronautical Services to NSW Regional Airlines) Declaration 2022\n\n1  The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original narrow scope. It is a routine annual/periodic renewal of price surveillance powers targeting a specific airport and specific service category, consistent with the original intent of Part VIIA of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (8 sections plus Schedule)","Only 2 defined terms (ABN and 'the Act')","Minimal cross-referencing – primarily references to Part VIIA of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 and Part 7 of the Airports Regulations 1997","Simple conditional structure – single declared person (Sydney Airport) and single category of services (NSW regional flights)","No nested exceptions or complex procedural requirements","Straightforward sunset clause (automatic repeal after 3 years)"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration places Sydney (Kingsford‑Smith) Airport under price surveillance for aeronautical fees charged to airlines operating regular public transport flights wholly within New South Wales. Sydney Airport must notify the ACCC before raising those prices.\n\nIt ensures government monitoring to discourage excessive charges that could raise regional airfares or threaten NSW routes. It replaces a 2022 declaration and will lapse on 30 June 2026."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument replaces the 2022 declaration (Schedule 1) and re-establishes notified services as aeronautical services to RPT flights operating wholly within NSW and Sydney Airport Corporation as the declared person (sections 6–7; Schedule 1). It sets a new expiry of 30 June 2026 (section 8) but does not add additional services or persons beyond those stated in this text."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow substantive scope: only aeronautical services and facilities to regular public transport flights operating wholly within NSW (section 6).","Single declared person: Sydney Airport Corporation Limited is the sole named entity subject to notifications (section 7).","Legal linkage to Part VIIA (price surveillance) of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 creates statutory notification/compliance obligations beyond this instrument (sections 6–7; note references to Part VIIA).","Fixed temporal limit and automatic repeal: instrument ceases 30 June 2026 and repealed 1 July 2026, which confines compliance horizon but requires administrative tracking (section 8).","Repeal of predecessor instrument: the 2022 declaration is repealed (Schedule 1), so implementers must track changes between instruments (Schedule 1).","Dependence on external definitions and regulations (eg, Airports Regulations 1997; ABN definition; the Act) increases cross-reference work for compliance (section 5 and section 6 note).","Low legislative detail: the instrument declares scope and persons but does not set notification procedures or penalties here, so substantive compliance rules are located in the Act (creates interpretive and administrative follow-up)."],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration requires Sydney Airport Corporation to notify price changes for aeronautical services provided to regular public transport flights operating wholly within New South Wales, bringing those charges under price-surveillance arrangements in Part VIIA of the Competition and Consumer Act. It creates a reporting and monitoring obligation that affects Sydney Airport, the regional airlines using those NSW services, and users of those services, and remains in force until 30 June 2026."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2023l00820","history":"/api/acts/f2023l00820/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2023l00820/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2023l00820/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2023l00820/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2023l00820/documents"}}