199Criteria for making declaration

#### 199 Criteria for making declaration (1) In deciding whether to make a declaration under section 198 about an airport, the Minister must have regard to the following matters: (a) whether demand for the handling of aircraft movements at the airport exceeds, or is likely to exceed, the declared capacity of the airport; (b) the effectiveness of any existing or proposed arrangements for self‑management or self‑regulation of demand for the handling of aircraft movements at the airport; (c) the impact of the airport‑lessee company’s existing or proposed pricing arrangements on demand for the handling of aircraft movements at the airport; (d) the extent, or likely extent, of congestion at the airport; (e) existing or proposed laws or other controls relating to environmental matters (including noise matters); (f) Australia’s international obligations. (2) Subsection (1) does not, by implication, limit the matters to which the Minister may have regard.