11Giving application to Secretary

#### 11 Giving application to Secretary (1) Subregulation (2) applies to an application to carry out a controlled activity in relation to prescribed airspace for an airport for which there is an airport‑operator company if: (a) the activity is a short‑term controlled activity and an officer or employee of the airport‑operator company for the airport cannot approve the carrying out of the activity as a delegate of the Secretary; or (b) the activity is not a short‑term controlled activity. (2) The company must refer the application to the Secretary for decision within 21 days after the airport‑operator company receives it. (3) At the time the airport‑operator company refers the application to the Secretary for decision, the company must: (a) give the Secretary the application, and any submissions made about the proposal in answer to a notice under subregulation 10 (2) or (4); and (b) tell the proponent in writing that it has given the application to the Secretary for decision.