202Submissions

#### 202 Submissions (1) Before making an instrument under section 201 relating to an airport, the Minister must cause to be published in the Gazette a notice: (a) stating that the Minister is considering making an instrument under section 201 relating to the airport; and (b) inviting persons covered by any of the following subparagraphs to give the Minister a submission about the proposed instrument within 30 days after the publication of the notice: (i) an airport‑operator company for the airport; (ii) a person specified in the regulations for the purposes of the application of this subparagraph to the airport, being a person who represents the interests of all of the aircraft operators who use the airport to operate scheduled air services; (iii) Airservices Australia; (iv) the Civil Aviation Safety Authority. (2) If a person gives the Minister a written submission in accordance with the notice, the Minister must have due regard to the submission in making the instrument. (3) Subsection (2) does not, by implication, limit the matters to which the Minister may have regard. > Note: If an instrument is varied, the variation must be dealt with under this section in the same manner as an original instrument—see subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.