10Operation of State laws

10  Operation of State laws

 (1) For the purposes of subsection 136(2) of the Act, it is declared that a law of a State, to the extent that the law makes provision for and in relation to a matter referred to in the following provisions of the Act, has no effect in relation to an airport site declared under section 6 of the Airports Regulations 2024:

 (a) paragraph 132(1)(a) (environmental pollution generated at airport sites);

 (b) paragraph 132(1)(e) (noise generated at airport sites (other than noise generated by aircraft in flight));

 (c) paragraph 133(1)(a) (monitoring, cleaning up, remedying or rectifying environmental pollution generated at airport sites);

 (d) paragraph 133(1)(e) (monitoring, mitigating, remedying or rectifying noise generated at airport sites (other than noise generated by aircraft in flight)).

 (2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to a law of a State to the extent that the law of the State makes provision for and in relation to the following matters:

 (a) pollution from a motor vehicle;

 (b) occupational health and safety matters;

 (c) emissions of substances that deplete stratospheric ozone;

 (d) the use of a pesticide.

Note: Certain other Commonwealth laws (including the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) also apply to persons affected by this instrument.