Airports (Environment Protection) Regulations 2026
31Request for Minister to make local standard
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31 Request for Minister to make local standard
(2) An airport‑lessee company may request the Minister to make the standard (the local standard) prepared by the airport‑lessee company under subsection 30(2) of this instrument.
Request must include details of consultation etc.
(3) The request under subsection (2) must state that in preparing the local standard, the airport‑lessee company:
(a) consulted with:
(i) the body, in the State in which the airport to which the proposed standard will apply is located, that has responsibility for regulating activities covered by the proposed standard; and
(ii) the Environment Department; and
(iii) all persons who could be significantly affected by the proposed standard; and
(b) published a notice in accordance with subsection (4):
(i) stating that the draft local standard may be viewed on the airport‑lessee company’s website; and
(ii) inviting interested persons to give written comments about the draft local standard to the airport‑lessee company within a specified period of at least 90 days after the publication of the notice; and
(iii) specifying an address to which comments may be sent.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), the notice must be published:
(a) on the airport‑lessee company’s website; and
(b) either:
(i) in a newspaper that has general circulation in the State in which the airport is located; or
(ii) in a local newspaper that circulates in the part of the State in which the airport is located.
Form of request to the Minister
(5) The request under subsection (2) must be in writing and must:
(a) be accompanied by:
(i) the draft local standard prepared by the airport‑lessee company under subsection 30(2); and
(ii) any reports or other documentation prepared, or obtained, by the airport‑lessee company to support the making of the local standard; and
(b) set out the following details:
(i) the reasons the local standard is needed;
(ii) the names of all bodies and persons consulted in accordance with paragraph (3)(a);
(iii) a detailed summary of the views of each body and person so consulted;
(iv) a detailed summary of any comments given in accordance with subparagraph (3)(b)(ii);
(v) the airport‑lessee company’s consideration of the views and comments mentioned in subparagraphs (iii) and (iv) of this paragraph; and
(c) include a declaration by the airport‑lessee company that the details and statements in the request are true and correct.