24Purposes of Part

24  Purposes of Part

  This Part is made for the purposes of sections 172 and 177 of the Act.

25  Meaning of authorised person

  A reference to an authorised person for an airport in, or in relation to, a provision in this Part means a person appointed by the Secretary as an authorised person for the airport for the purposes of the provision.

Note: See sections 41, 48 and 61 for who the Secretary may appoint as an authorised person.

Division 2—Landside vehicle parking and operation

26  Airports to which this Division applies

  This Division applies to the following airports:

 (a) Sydney (Kingsford‑Smith) Airport;

 (b) Melbourne (Tullamarine) Airport;

 (c) Brisbane Airport;

 (d) Perth Airport;

 (e) Gold Coast Airport;

 (f) Hobart International Airport;

 (g) Launceston Airport;

 (h) Townsville Airport.

27  Definitions

  In this instrument:

parking control provision means:

 (a) a provision in Part 12 of the Australian Road Rules, as applied by section 30; or

 (b) section 35 of this instrument.

28  Parking signage plan

 (1) An airport‑operator company for an airport must have a parking signage plan for the airport which describes:

 (a) the landside areas of the airport where offences under sections 34 and 35 apply; and

 (b) the traffic control devices used on the landside areas of the airport to identify areas where those offences apply.

 (2) The airport‑operator company must give the Secretary a copy of the parking signage plan:

 (a) within 10 business days after the beginning of each financial year; and

 (b) as soon as practicable after the parking signage plan is varied at any other time of year.

 (3) As soon as practicable after the parking signage plan is given to the Secretary, the airport‑operator company must also:

 (a) publish the plan on the airport’s website; and

 (b) give a copy of the plan to:

 (i) the Australian Federal Police; and

 (ii) the police force or service of the State in which the airport is located.

 (4) If there is more than one airport‑operator company for the airport, a requirement in this section only needs to be met by one company.

29  Standard operating procedures for parking

 (1) An airport‑operator company for an airport must have standard operating procedures in relation to landside vehicles at the airport which set out the following: