Airports (Environment Protection) Regulations 2026
58Airport‑lessee company to provide report to Secretary
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58 Airport‑lessee company to provide report to Secretary
(1) For the purposes of this section, reporting period for an airport‑lessee company means:
(a) a financial year; or
(b) if the Secretary determines a different reporting period for the airport‑lessee company—that other period.
(2) An airport‑lessee company for an airport must, for each reporting period for the company, give the Secretary a report containing:
(a) information, mentioned in subsection 56(2), that has been added to the environmental site register kept by the company in relation to the previous reporting period; and
(b) details of the company’s performance, during the reporting period, in achieving the policies and targets of the environment strategy; and
(c) details of the company’s management, during the reporting period, of any ongoing pollution at the airport; and
(d) details of any pollution incidents that have occurred during the reporting period; and
(e) details of any known contraventions of this instrument that have occurred during the reporting period.
(3) Paragraph (2)(b) applies in relation to Sydney West Airport and a report for a reporting period, ending before the first final master plan is in force for that airport as if:
(a) the words “achieving the policies and targets of the environment strategy” were omitted from that paragraph; and
(b) the words “complying with the conditions in an airport plan for the airport” were substituted.
(4) The airport‑lessee company must give its report for a reporting period to the Secretary:
(a) not later than 120 days after the end of the reporting period for the company; or
(b) if the Secretary, on the written request of the airport‑lessee company, approves a later day (which must not be more than 180 days after the end of the reporting period)—not later than that later day.