93Airport environment officers

93  Airport environment officers

 (1) The Secretary may, by instrument in writing, appoint a person as an airport environment officer for the purposes of this instrument.

 (2) The Secretary must not appoint a person as an airport environment officer unless:

 (a) the Secretary is satisfied that the person has qualifications and experience suitable to enable the person to properly discharge the functions, powers, duties and responsibilities of an airport environment officer; and

 (b) the person does not hold a stake (within the meaning given by clause 11 of the Schedule to the Act) of more than 5% in an airport‑lessee company; and

 (c) if the person to be appointed is a body corporate—an airport‑lessee company does not hold a stake (within the meaning given by clause 11 of the Schedule to the Act) of more than 5% in the body corporate.

 (3) As soon as practicable after a person is appointed, the Department must:

 (a) give written notice of the appointment to the airport‑lessee company for the airport concerned; and

 (b) publish notice of the appointment on the Department’s website.

 (4) A notice under subsection (3) must include the business address of the airport environment officer.