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Direct links to the current provisions in Airports Regulations 2024.
This instrument is the Airports Regulations 2024.
This instrument is made under the Airports Act 1996.
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) airport lease;
(b) airport‑lessee company;
(c) airport site;
(d) Environment Minister;
(e) quality of service matter.
In this instrument:
Act means the Airports Act 1996.
aeronautical services and facilities: see subsection 20(1).
associate has the meaning given by clause 5 of the Schedule to the Act.
Environment Department means the Department administered by the Environment Minister.
non‑aeronautical services and facilities means services and facilities provided at an airport that are not aeronautical services and facilities.
Secretary means the Secretary of the Department.
site of indigenous significance means a site that has value:
(a) of customary significance to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people; or
(b) of significance to the anthropological or archaeological understanding of Australian aboriginal history and society.
terms includes conditions.
For the purposes of the definition of airport site in section 5 of the Act, each of the following places (to the extent that it is a Commonwealth place) is declared to be an airport site: (a) Adelaide Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.1 of Schedule 1; (b) Alice Springs Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.2 of Schedule 1; (c) Archerfield Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.3 of Schedule 1; (d) Bankstown Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.4 of Schedule 1; (e) Brisbane Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.5 of Schedule 1; (f) Camden Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.6 of Schedule 1; (g) Canberra Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.7 of Schedule 1; (h) Darwin International Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.8 of Schedule 1; (i) Essendon Fields Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.9 of Schedule 1; (j) Gold Coast Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.10 of Schedule 1; (k) Hobart International Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.11 of Schedule 1; (l) Jandakot Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.12 of Schedule 1; (m) Launceston Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.13 of Schedule 1; (n) Melbourne (Tullamarine) Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.14 of Schedule 1; (o) Moorabbin Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.15 of Schedule 1; (p) Mount Isa Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.16 of Schedule 1; (q) Parafield Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.17 of Schedule 1; (r) Perth Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.18 of Schedule 1; (s) Sydney (Kingsford‑Smith) Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.19 of Schedule 1; (t) Sydney West Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.20 of Schedule 1; (u) Tennant Creek Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.21 of Schedule 1; (v) Townsville Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.22 of Schedule 1.
For the purposes of paragraph 12(1)(b) of the Act, the following airports are specified: (a) Archerfield Airport; (b) Bankstown Airport; (c) Camden Airport; (d) Essendon Fields Airport; (e) Jandakot Airport; (f) Moorabbin Airport; (g) Mount Isa Airport; (h) Parafield Airport; (i) Tennant Creek Airport.
(1) This section is made for the purposes of paragraph 24(3)(a) of the Act. (2) The Minister may refuse to approve the transfer of an airport lease if the Minister is satisfied that: (a) the proposed transferee does not have the financial resources and managerial capabilities necessary to: (i) operate and develop the airport over the remainder of the lease period; or (ii) provide high‑quality airport services consistently with the sound development of civil aviation; or (b) the proposed transfer would, if it took place, be destructive of diversity of ownership of Australian airports; or (c) if the proposed transfer takes place: (i) the employees of the transferor company will be treated unfairly or inequitably; or (ii) the accrued employment benefits of the employees will not be preserved or would otherwise be adversely affected; or (d) the proposed transferee will not act responsibly in matters affecting the environment arising from the operation or management of the airport; or (e) the proposed transferee will not be responsive to: (i) the needs of the region in which the airport is located; or (ii) the interests of users of the airport. (3) The Minister may also refuse to approve the transfer of an airport lease if the Minister is not satisfied that, on or before the day of the proposed transfer of the airport lease, the transferor has transferred, or will transfer, to the proposed transferee, the transferor’s rights, liabilities and obligations relating to the airport lease or airport site under all contracts, or other arrangements, between the Commonwealth and the transferor that are specified in a written notice given to the transferor by the Minister.
(1) For the purposes of paragraphs 33(4C)(a) and (4F)(a) of the Act, subsection (2) of this section specifies the matters that the Minister must have regard to in making a decision: (a) under subsection 33(4A) of the Act to approve an airport‑management agreement in relation to an airport; or (b) under subsection 33(4D) of the Act to approve a variation of such an agreement. (2) The matters are as follows: (a) whether the proposed agreement, or the agreement as proposed to be varied, (the proposed agreement) gives the airport‑lessee company an option to purchase the assets of the airport‑management company when the agreement is terminated; (b) whether the proposed agreement gives the airport‑lessee company an option to purchase the assets of the airport‑management company if, under the Corporations Act 2001: (i) the airport‑management company goes into liquidation; or (ii) the airport‑management company is wound up; or (iii) a liquidator is appointed (whether the liquidation is voluntary, provisional or otherwise and whether or not the liquidator is appointed provisionally or otherwise); (c) whether the proposed agreement provides that, if the airport lease is terminated for any reason, the Minister may direct that the Commonwealth, or a person nominated by the Minister, is taken to be substituted for the airport‑lessee company as a party to the agreement; (d) whether the proposed agreement provides that, if the airport lease is terminated for any reason, and if the Minister gives a direction referred to in paragraph (c), the agreement continues to have effect according to its terms, except that: (i) the Commonwealth or a person nominated by the Minister is to be taken to be a party to the agreement in the place of the airport‑lessee company; and (ii) the Commonwealth or a person nominated by the Minister is not liable under the agreement for liabilities arising before the Commonwealth or person is taken to have become a party to the agreement; and (iii) the Commonwealth or a person nominated by the Minister may terminate the agreement at any time, subject to the payment of fair and reasonable compensation; (e) whether the proposed agreement provides that the airport‑lessee company must not terminate the agreement unless it gives the Secretary: (i) written notice, at least 21 days before the intended termination date, of its intention to do so; and (ii) any information that the Secretary reasonably requires about the termination; (f) whether the proposed agreement, either: (i) provides that the airport‑lessee company may terminate the agreement only upon reasonable notice and for reasonable cause; or (ii) does not provide that the airport‑lessee company may terminate the agreement at any time without cause; (g) whether the proposed agreement provides for financial information to be given by the airport‑management company to the airport‑lessee company to enable the airport‑lessee company to comply with Part 7 of the Act (relating to accounts and reports). (3) In paragraph (2)(a):
assets of an airport‑management company includes:
(a) the following:
(i) non‑fixed plant and equipment;
(ii) vehicles;
(iii) machinery;
(iv) office equipment;
(v) computer systems owned by the airport‑management company and used exclusively at, or in relation to, the airport concerned; and
(b) any interest of the airport‑management company as lessee or bailee of plant, equipment, vehicles, machinery or systems referred to in paragraph (a); and
(c) any interest of the airport‑management company in a contract for the supply of goods and services for use at, or in relation to, the airport; and
(d) any other tangible personal property of the airport‑management company that is used in connection with the management, operation or maintenance of the airport; and
(e) any interest of the airport‑management company in intellectual property (including computer software or any right of the airport‑management company to use computer software) in connection with the management, operation or maintenance of the airport.
(1) For the purposes of subsection 34(1) of the Act, the following specified kinds of subleases of an airport lease are prohibited: (a) a sublease for a purpose that is inconsistent with the use as an airport of the airport site concerned; (b) a sublease that has a duration longer than the duration of the airport lease; (c) a sublease of premises within the airport site for the purposes of prostitution. (2) In working out the duration of an airport lease for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), assume that any option to renew the lease will be exercised.
For the purposes of subsection 34B(1) of the Act, the following specified kinds of terms must be included in a sublease of an airport lease: (a) a term to the effect that the sublease is automatically terminated upon the creation of an interest in the sublease in favour of a person (other than a qualified company that has been approved by the Minister under paragraph 33(1)(a) of the Act) that is, either alone or with one or more associates, in a position to exercise control over either or both of the following: (i) the operation of the whole, or a substantial part of, the airport concerned; (ii) the direction to be taken in the development of the whole, or a substantial part of, the airport; (b) a term to the effect that any underlease of the sublease must contain a term to the same effect as that required by paragraph (a).
(1) For the purposes of subsection 35(1) of the Act, the following specified kinds of licences relating to an airport lease are prohibited: (a) a licence for a purpose that is inconsistent with the use as an airport of the airport site concerned; (b) a licence that has a duration longer than the duration of the airport lease; (c) a licence of premises within the airport site for prostitution. (2) In working out the duration of an airport lease for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), assume that any option to renew the lease will be exercised.
For the purposes of subsection 35B(1) of the Act, the following specified kinds of terms must be included in a licence relating to an airport lease: (a) a term to the effect that the licence is automatically terminated upon the creation of an interest in the licence in favour of a person who is, either alone or with one or more associates, in a position to exercise control over either or both of the following: (i) the operation of the whole, or a substantial part of, the airport concerned; (ii) the direction to be taken in the development of the whole, or a substantial part of, the airport; (b) a term to the effect that any further licence of the licence must contain a term to the same effect as that required by paragraph (a).
For the purposes of paragraph 68(1)(b) of the Act, the following airports are prescribed: (a) Archerfield Airport; (b) Bankstown Airport; (c) Camden Airport; (d) Essendon Fields Airport; (e) Jandakot Airport; (f) Moorabbin Airport; (g) Parafield Airport.
(1) For the purposes of paragraphs 71(2)(j) and (3)(j) of the Act, the following matters are specified as matters that must be set out in a draft or final master plan for an airport: (a) any change to the OLS or TIFPOP surfaces for the airport that is likely to result if development proceeds in accordance with the master plan; (b) if the draft master plan is given to the Minister, or the final master plan is approved by the Minister, before 1 April 2027—for an area of an airport where a change of use of a kind described in subregulation 6.07(2) of the Airports (Environment Protection) Regulations 1997 (as continued in force by section 100 of the Airports (Environment Protection) Regulations 2026) is proposed: (i) the contents of the report of any examination of the area carried out under regulation 6.09 of that instrument as continued in force; and (ii) the airport‑lessee company’s plans for dealing with any soil pollution referred to in the report; and (c) if the draft master plan is given to the Minister, or the final master plan is approved by the Minister, on or after 1 April 2027—for an area of an airport where a change of use of a kind described in subsection 65(1) of the Airports (Environment Protection) Regulations 2026 as in force on or after 1 April 2027 is proposed: (i) the contents of any written assessment report of the area under subsection 65(3) of that instrument or of any report of an examination of the area under the provision mentioned in subparagraph (b)(i) of this subsection; and (ii) the airport‑lessee company’s plans for dealing with any air, water or soil pollution, or offensive noise, referred to in the assessment report. (2) If a matter set out in an airport master plan, in accordance with section 71 of the Act, describes intentions for land use and related development embracing landside aspects, the proposals must (as far as possible) be described in an amount of detail that: (a) is equivalent to that required by; and (b) uses terminology (including definitions) consistent with that applying in; land use planning, zoning and development legislation in force in the State or Territory in which the airport is located. (3) In this section:
OLS has the same meaning as in the Airports (Protection of Airspace) Regulations 2026.
TIFPOP surface has the same meaning as in the Airports (Protection of Airspace) Regulations 2026.
(1) For the purposes of subparagraphs 71(2)(h)(ix) and (3)(h)(ix) of the Act, subsection (2) of this section prescribes matters that an environment strategy specified in a draft or final master plan for an airport must detail. (2) The environment strategy must detail the following matters: (a) any areas within the airport site to which the strategy applies that the airport‑lessee company for the airport has identified as being a site of indigenous significance, following consultation with: (i) any relevant indigenous communities and organisations; and (ii) any relevant Commonwealth or State body; (b) the airport‑lessee company’s strategy for environmental management of areas of the airport site that are, or could be, used for a purpose that is not connected with airport operations; (c) the training necessary for appropriate environment management of the airport by persons, or classes of persons, employed on the airport site by the airport‑lessee company or by other major employers; (d) the training programs, of which the airport‑lessee company is aware, that it considers would meet the training needs of a person mentioned in paragraph (c). (3) In specifying the airport‑lessee company’s strategy for environmental management under paragraph (2)(b), the airport‑lessee company must address the matters mentioned in subsections 17(2) to (6), to the extent that the matters are relevant to that strategy.
(1) This section is made for the purposes of subsection 71(5) of the Act. (2) In specifying, under subparagraph 71(2)(h)(i) or (3)(h)(i) of the Act, the airport‑lessee company’s objectives for the environmental management of the airport, the draft or final master plan must address the company’s policies and targets for: (a) continuous improvement in the environmental consequences of activities at the airport; and (b) progressive reduction in extant pollution at the airport; and (c) development and adoption of a comprehensive environmental management system for the airport that maintains consistency with relevant Australian and international standards; and (d) identification, and conservation, by the airport‑lessee company and other operators of undertakings at the airport, of objects and matters at the airport that have natural, indigenous or heritage value; and (e) involvement of the local community and airport users in development of any future strategy; and (f) dissemination of the strategy to sublessees, licensees, other airport users and the local community. (3) In specifying, under subparagraph 71(2)(h)(ii) or (3)(h)(ii) of the Act, the areas within the airport site which the airport‑lessee company, in consultation with State and Federal conservation bodies, identifies as environmentally significant, the draft or final master plan must address: (a) any relevant recommendation of the Australian Heritage Council; and (b) any relevant recommendation of the Environment Department regarding biota, habitat, heritage or similar matters; and (c) any relevant recommendation of a body established in the State in which the airport is located, having responsibilities in relation to conservation of biota, habitat, heritage or similar matters. (4) In specifying, under subparagraph 71(2)(h)(iii) or (3)(h)(iii) of the Act, the sources of environmental impact associated with airport operations or civil aviation operations at the airport (as appropriate), the draft or final master plan must address: (a) the quality of air at the airport site, and in so much of the regional airshed as is reasonably likely to be affected by airport activities; and (b) water quality, including potentially affected groundwater, estuarine waters and marine waters; and (c) soil quality, including that of land known to be already contaminated; and (d) release, into the air, of substances that deplete stratospheric ozone; and (e) generation and handling of hazardous waste and any other kind of waste; and (f) usage of natural resources (whether renewable or non‑renewable); and (g) usage of energy the production of which generates emissions of greenhouse gases (within the meaning of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007); and (h) generation of noise. (5) In specifying, under subparagraph 71(2)(h)(iv) or (3)(h)(iv) of the Act, the studies, reviews and monitoring to be carried out by the airport‑lessee company in connection with the environmental impact associated with airport operations or civil aviation operations at the airport (as the case may be), the draft or final master plan must address: (a) the matters mentioned in paragraph 16(2)(a) and in subsections (3) and (4) of this section; and (b) the scope, identified by the airport‑lessee company, for conservation of objects and matters at the airport that have natural, indigenous or heritage value; and (c) the approaches and measures identified by the airport‑lessee company as its preferred conservation approaches and measures; and (d) the professional qualifications that must be held by a person carrying out the monitoring; and (e) the proposed systems of testing, measuring and sampling to be carried out for possible, or suspected, pollution or excessive noise; and (f) the proposed frequency of routine reporting of monitoring results to the airport environment officer (if any) for the airport, or to the Secretary. (6) In specifying, under subparagraph 71(2)(h)(vi) or (3)(h)(vi) of the Act, the specific measures to be carried out by the airport‑lessee company for the purposes of preventing, controlling or reducing the environmental impact associated with airport operations or civil aviation operations at the airport (as the case may be), the draft or final master plan must address: (a) the matters mentioned in subsections (2) to (4) of this section; and (b) the means by which the airport‑lessee company proposes to achieve the cooperation of other operators of undertakings at the airport in carrying out those measures.
For the purposes of paragraph 96M(c) of the Act, the following kinds of activities are prescribed: (a) the disinterment of remains; (b) activities related to such disinterment.
(1) The requirements of this Part apply to an airport‑operator company: (a) whether or not the company is a disclosing entity, within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001; and (b) whether or not the company is exempt under that Act (whether the exemption is by regulation or because of an exemption by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission) from compliance with any of the provisions of Chapter 2M of that Act. (2) To avoid doubt, nothing in this Part: (a) requires an airport‑operator company to prepare, for the purposes of this instrument, reports in respect of a half‑year (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001) unless the half‑year is the whole period during which the company was an airport‑operator company; or (b) affects a company’s obligations under any other law.
(1) Aeronautical services and facilities means those services and facilities at an airport that are necessary for the operation and maintenance of civil aviation at the airport, and includes: (a) aircraft‑related services and facilities, within the meaning of subsection (3); and (b) passenger‑related services and facilities, within the meaning of subsection (4). (2) To avoid doubt, aeronautical services and facilities does not include services or facilities: (a) relating to the provision of a high‑quality service to certain passengers; or (b) that are not necessary for the efficient operation of civil aviation. Aircraft‑related services and facilities (3) The services and facilities in the following table are aircraft‑related services and facilities.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Aircraft</span><span>‑</span><span>related services and facilities</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.56%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:91.44%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Aircraft</span><span>‑</span><span>related services and facilities</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:8.56%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:91.44%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Runways, taxiways, aprons, airside roads and airside grounds</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.56%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:91.44%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Airfield and airside lighting</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.56%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:91.44%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Aircraft parking sites</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.56%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:91.44%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Ground handling (including equipment storage and refuelling)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.56%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:91.44%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Aircraft refuelling (including a system of fixed storage tanks, pipelines and hydrant distribution equipment known as a Joint User Hydrant Installation or JUHI)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.56%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>6</span></p></td><td style="width:91.44%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Airside freight handling and staging areas essential for aircraft loading and unloading</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.56%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>7</span></p></td><td style="width:91.44%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Navigation on an airfield (including nose</span><span>‑</span><span>in guidance systems and other visual navigation aids)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.56%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>8</span></p></td><td style="width:91.44%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Airside safety and security services and facilities (including rescue and fire</span><span>‑</span><span>fighting services and perimeter fencing)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.56%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>9</span></p></td><td style="width:91.44%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Environmental hazard control</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.56%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>10</span></p></td><td style="width:91.44%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Services and facilities to ensure compliance with environmental laws</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.56%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>11</span></p></td><td style="width:91.44%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Sites and buildings used for light or emergency aircraft maintenance</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
Passenger‑related services and facilities (4) The services and facilities in the following table are passenger‑related services and facilities.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Meaning of passenger</span><span>‑</span><span>related services and facilities</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:92.08%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Passenger</span><span>‑</span><span>related services and facilities</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:92.08%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Public areas in terminals, public amenities, lifts, escalators and moving walkways</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:92.08%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Necessary departure and holding lounges, and related facilities</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:92.08%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Aerobridges and buses used in airside areas</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:92.08%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Flight information and public</span><span>‑</span><span>address systems</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:92.08%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Facilities to enable the processing of passengers through customs, immigration and quarantine</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>6</span></p></td><td style="width:92.08%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Check</span><span>‑</span><span>in counters and related facilities (including any associated queuing areas)</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:2.5pt"><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>7</span></p></td><td style="width:92.08%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Terminal access roads and facilities in landside areas (including lighting and covered walkways)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>8</span></p></td><td style="width:92.08%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Security systems and services (including closed circuit surveillance systems)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>9</span></p></td><td style="width:92.08%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Baggage make</span><span>‑</span><span>up, handling and reclaiming facilities</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>10</span></p></td><td style="width:92.08%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Space and facilities, whether in landside or airside areas, that are necessary for the efficient handling of arriving and departing aircraft (e.g. airline crew</span><span>‑</span><span>rooms and airline operations centres)</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
(5) In this section, airside area and landside area have the respective meanings given by section 9 of the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004.
For the purposes of paragraph 140(1)(a) of the Act, the following airports are specified: (a) Brisbane Airport; (b) Melbourne (Tullamarine) Airport; (c) Perth Airport; (d) Sydney (Kingsford‑Smith) Airport; (e) Sydney West Airport.
(1) This section is made for the purposes of subsection 141(2) of the Act and specifies accounts and statements that an airport‑operator company for an airport must prepare.
Note 1: This section only applies to an airport‑operator company for an airport if the airport is specified under section 21 of this instrument and there is an airport lease for the airport (see subsection 140(1) of the Act).
Note 2: The company must also prepare a directors’ report under section 23 of this instrument.
Financial report for airport‑operator companies (2) The company must, for its operations at the airport, prepare accounts and statements in the form of a financial report.
Note: A financial report is required to be prepared in respect of the whole or part, as the case may be, of a financial year (see subsection 141(2) of the Act).
(3) The financial report must: (a) either: (i) be the financial report prepared under Part 2M.3 of the Corporations Act 2001; or (ii) be a report that contains the same contents as if it were a report under Part 2M.3 of the Corporations Act 2001; and (b) include, or be accompanied by a document setting out, the costs and revenue, including the costs associated with maintenance and repair, in relation to the provision and use of: (i) aeronautical services and facilities; and (ii) non‑aeronautical services and facilities.
Note: The costs and revenue in relation to the provision and use of aeronautical services and facilities must include costs recovered directly or indirectly from airlines (see subsection (7)).
(4) The financial report under subsection (3): (a) is in addition to any other report required to be prepared under the Corporations Act 2001; and (b) must not be consolidated with the reports of any other company. Consolidated financial report for airport‑lessee companies (5) If the company is an airport‑lessee company for an airport, the company must also prepare accounts and statements for the airport in the form of a consolidated financial report in accordance with the accounting standards under Part 2M.5 of the Corporations Act 2001. (6) The consolidated financial report under subsection (5): (a) must be prepared for the airport‑lessee company and all airport‑management companies for the airport, as if those airport‑management companies were subsidiaries of the airport‑lessee company; and (b) subject to paragraph (c), must separately show the costs and revenue, including the costs associated with maintenance and repair, in relation to the provision and use of: (i) aeronautical services and facilities; and (ii) non‑aeronautical services and facilities; and (c) is not required to include details about a passenger‑related service or facility (within the meaning of subsection 20(4)) at an airport if the premises are leased, and the lease was in force when the airport lease was granted to the airport‑lessee company.
Note: The costs and revenue in relation to the provision and use of aeronautical services and facilities must include costs recovered directly or indirectly from airlines (see subsection (7)).
Reports must include costs recovered directly or indirectly from airlines (7) For the purposes of paragraphs (3)(b) and (6)(b), the costs and revenue in relation to the provision and use of aeronautical services and facilities must include the costs recovered directly or indirectly from airlines (such as fuel throughput levies recovered through third party suppliers).
(1) This section is made for the purposes of subsection 141(2) of the Act and specifies accounts and statements that an airport‑operator company for an airport must prepare.
Note 1: This section only applies to an airport‑operator company for an airport if the airport is specified under section 21 of this instrument and there is an airport lease for the airport (see subsection 140(1) of the Act).
Note 2: The company must also prepare financial reports under section 22 of this instrument.
(2) The company must prepare accounts and statements in the form of a directors’ report.
Note: A directors’ report is required to be prepared in respect of the whole or part, as the case may be, of a financial year (see subsection 141(2) of the Act).
(3) The directors’ report must be either: (a) the directors’ report prepared under Part 2M.3 of the Corporations Act 2001; or (b) a report that contains the same information as if it were a directors’ report under Part 2M.3 of the Corporations Act 2001.
(1) For the purposes of subsection 142(5) of the Act, 90 days is prescribed.
Note: This is the period (after the end of an accounting period) within which the auditor of an airport‑operator company must give the company a certificate relating to the company’s accounts and statements.
(2) For the purposes of subsection 142(5) of the Act, the following information is prescribed: (a) whether, in the auditor’s opinion: (i) the company concerned has kept financial records (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001) sufficient to enable financial statements (within the meaning of that Act) to be prepared and audited; and (ii) the auditor has been given all information, explanation and assistance necessary to carry out the audit; (b) whether, in the auditor’s opinion, the reports of the company concerned, prepared for the purposes of section 22 of this instrument: (i) comply with Part 7 of the Act, section 22 of this instrument and the relevant accounting standards made under Part 2M.5 of the Corporations Act 2001; and (ii) give a true and fair view of the company’s operations; (c) if the auditor considers that the reports prepared for the purposes of section 22 do not comply with Part 7 of the Act, section 22 of this instrument or the relevant accounting standards made under Part 2M.5 of the Corporations Act 2001, or do not give a true and fair view—why they do not do so; (d) details of any matter that, in the opinion of the auditor, should be reported to the ACCC. (3) Paragraphs (2)(a), (b) and (c) do not apply if the certificate is in the form required by the Corporations Act 2001 for an auditor’s report under Part 2M.3 of that Act.
For the purposes of subsection 143(2) of the Act, 90 days is prescribed.
Note: This is the period (after the end of an accounting period) within which the accounts and statements of an airport‑operator company (and the auditor’s certificate given to the company in respect of the accounting period) must be given to the ACCC.
(1) This section is made for the purposes of subsection 145(1) of the Act. (2) An airport‑operator company for an airport must, for each financial year, give to the ACCC a written report that sets out the total average staff equivalent of the persons employed at the airport, during the financial year, concerned with the provision of either: (a) aeronautical services and facilities; or (b) non‑aeronautical services and facilities. (3) In subsection (2):
average staff equivalent of a person employed at an airport means the number of hours in a day worked by the person at the airport, divided by the number of hours that the person would work at the airport in that day if working full‑time.
For the purposes of subsection 146(1) of the Act, a company must keep records of the kind mentioned in that subsection, and must retain the records for 5 years after the end of the period to which the records relate.
For the purposes of paragraph 151(1)(a) of the Act, the following airports are specified: (a) Brisbane Airport; (b) Melbourne (Tullamarine) Airport; (c) Perth Airport; (d) Sydney (Kingsford‑Smith) Airport; (e) Sydney West Airport.
Passenger‑related airport services and facilities that are subject to monitoring and evaluation (1) For the purposes of subsection 155(1) of the Act, the aspects of airport services and facilities mentioned in an item in the following table are specified.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Passenger</span><span>‑</span><span>related airport services and facilities that are subject to monitoring and evaluation</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:15.7pt"><td style="width:9.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:90.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Aspects of airport services and facilities—passenger</span><span>‑</span><span>related airport services and facilities</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:9.42%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:90.58%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-style:italic">Access</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:2.75pt"><td style="width:9.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:90.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Airport access facilities (taxi facilities, kerbside space for pick</span><span>‑</span><span>up and drop</span><span>‑</span><span>off)</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:2.75pt"><td style="width:9.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:90.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Car parking service facilities</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:2.75pt"><td style="width:9.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:90.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Baggage trolleys</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:3.35pt"><td style="width:9.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:90.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-style:italic">Departure</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:8.5pt"><td style="width:9.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:90.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Check</span><span>‑</span><span>in services and facilities</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:2.75pt"><td style="width:9.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:90.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Security inspection</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:2.75pt"><td style="width:9.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>6</span></p></td><td style="width:90.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Outbound baggage system</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:2.75pt"><td style="width:9.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:90.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-style:italic">Arrival</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:12.05pt"><td style="width:9.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>7</span></p></td><td style="width:90.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Baggage make</span><span>‑</span><span>up, handling and reclaiming services and facilities</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:10.85pt"><td style="width:9.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:90.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-style:italic">Departure and arrival</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:18.15pt"><td style="width:9.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>8</span></p></td><td style="width:90.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Facilities to enable the processing of passengers through customs, immigration and quarantine</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:10.05pt"><td style="width:9.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:90.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-style:italic">Information and signage</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:2.75pt"><td style="width:9.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>9</span></p></td><td style="width:90.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Flight information, general signage and public</span><span>‑</span><span>address systems</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:2.75pt"><td style="width:9.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:90.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-style:italic">Terminal facilities</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:18.95pt"><td style="width:9.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>10</span></p></td><td style="width:90.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Public areas in terminals and public amenities (washrooms and garbage bins), lifts, escalators and moving walkways</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:3.4pt"><td style="width:9.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>11</span></p></td><td style="width:90.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Gate lounges and seating other than in gate lounges</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
Aircraft‑related airport services and facilities that are subject to monitoring and evaluation (2) For the purposes of subsection 155(1) of the Act, the aspects of airport services and facilities mentioned in an item in the following table are specified.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr style="height:1.5pt"><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Aircraft</span><span>‑</span><span>related airport services and facilities that are subject to monitoring and evaluation</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1.5pt"><td style="width:9.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:90.68%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Aspects of airport services and facilities—aircraft</span><span>‑</span><span>related airport services and facilities</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr style="height:1.5pt"><td style="width:9.32%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:90.68%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Ground handling services and facilities</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:2.5pt"><td style="width:9.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:90.68%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Aerobridge usage</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:2.5pt"><td style="width:9.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:90.68%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Runways, taxiways and aprons</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:2.5pt"><td style="width:9.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:90.68%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Aircraft parking facilities and bays</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:2.5pt"><td style="width:9.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:90.68%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Airside freight handling, storage areas and cargo facilities</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
(1) This section is made for the purposes of paragraph 156(1)(a) of the Act. (2) For each aspect of airport services or facilities mentioned in column 1 of an item of the following table (being aspects of airport services or facilities specified in section 29), the airport‑operator company for an airport must, for each financial year, keep a record of the matters mentioned in column 2 of the item.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-weight:bold">Records relevant to a quality of service matter</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 1</span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 2</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Aspects of airport services and facilities to which records are relevant</span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Matters for which records must be kept</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Airport access facilities (taxi facilities, kerbside space for pick</span><span>‑</span><span>up and drop</span><span>‑</span><span>off)</span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1.1 Total area (international and domestic) at terminal kerbside for passenger pick</span><span>‑</span><span>up and drop</span><span>‑</span><span>off to landside operators such as taxis, and providers of other off</span><span>‑</span><span>airport parking services, measured in terms of the number of standard car park spaces</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>1.2 Total area (international and domestic) at terminal kerbside and at designated waiting areas for passenger pick</span><span>‑</span><span>up and drop</span><span>‑</span><span>off provided to the public at no charge measured in terms of the number of standard car park spaces</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>Car parking service facilities</span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>2.1 Number of car parking spaces available to the public in the vicinity of the airport (including disabled parking) on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>2.2 Distance (in metres) between the nearest public car park and the terminal entrance nearest to that car park on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>2.3 Number of days the car park was open during the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>2.4 Number of vehicles that used the car park in the financial year</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Baggage trolleys</span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3.1 Average number of passengers for each baggage trolley during peak hour in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>3.2 Number of baggage trolleys on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Check</span><span>‑</span><span>in services and facilities</span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4.1 Number of check</span><span>‑</span><span>in desks on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>4.2 Number of bag</span><span>‑</span><span>drop facilities on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>4.3 Number of spaces provided for check</span><span>‑</span><span>in kiosk facilities on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Security inspection</span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5.1 Number of departing passengers for each security clearance system during peak hour in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>5.2 Number of security clearance systems, including equipment required to process passengers and baggage, in use on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>6</span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Outbound baggage system</span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>6.1 Average number of bags handled by the outbound baggage system during peak hour in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>6.2 Total number of bags handled by baggage handling equipment in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>6.3 Total number of hours during the financial year for which baggage handling equipment was in use</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>6.4 Capacity of baggage handling equipment (in bags per hour) on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>7</span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Baggage make</span><span>‑</span><span>up, handling and reclaiming services and facilities</span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>7.1 Total number of bags handled by baggage handling equipment in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>7.2 Total number of hours during the financial year for which baggage handling equipment was in use</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>7.3 Capacity of the baggage handling equipment (in bags per hour) on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>7.4 Capacity of the baggage reclaim system on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>7.5 Average number of bags handled by the inbound baggage system during peak hour in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>7.6 Total number of planned interruptions to inbound baggage system in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>7.7 Total number of hours of planned interruptions to inbound baggage system in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>7.8 Total number of unplanned interruptions to inbound baggage system in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>7.9 Total number of hours of unplanned interruptions to inbound baggage system in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>7.10 Total area (in square metres) provided by the airport operator for baggage reclaim on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>8</span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Facilities to enable the processing of passengers through customs, immigration and quarantine</span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>8.1 Average number of arriving passengers during peak hour in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>8.2 Number of inbound Immigration desks on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>8.3 Number of baggage inspection desks on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>8.4 Number of outbound Immigration desks on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>9</span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Flight information, general signage and public</span><span>‑</span><span>address systems</span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>9.1 Average number of passengers (whether arriving or departing passengers) during peak hour in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>9.2 Number of flight information display screens on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>9.3 Number of information points on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>10</span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Public areas in terminals and public amenities (washrooms and garbage bins), lifts, escalators and moving walkways</span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>10.1 Number of washrooms on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>11</span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Gate lounges and seating other than in gate lounges</span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>11.1 Average number of departing passengers during peak hour in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>11.2 Number of gate lounges on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>11.3 Number of seats in gate lounges on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>11.4 Total gate lounge area (in square metres) on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>11.5 Number of airport</span><span>‑</span><span>operator</span><span>‑</span><span>managed gate lounges on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>11.6 Number of seats in airport</span><span>‑</span><span>operator</span><span>‑</span><span>managed gate lounges on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>11.7 Number of seats in airport</span><span>‑</span><span>operator</span><span>‑</span><span>managed waiting areas (other than in gate lounges) on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span>12</span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span>Aerobridge usage</span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>12.1 Number of passengers who used aerobridges for embarkation in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>12.2 Total number of passengers who embarked in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>12.3 Number of passengers who used aerobridges for disembarkation in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>12.4 Total number of passengers who disembarked in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>12.5 Number of aerobridges on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>12.6 Percentage of passengers who used aerobridges for embarkation in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>12.7 Percentage of passengers who used aerobridges for disembarkation in the financial year</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>13</span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Runways, taxiways and aprons</span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>13.1 Total area of aprons available (in square metres) on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>13.2 Total area of runways (in square metres) on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>14</span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Aircraft parking facilities and bays</span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>14.1 Number of aircraft parking bays on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>14.2 Total area of aircraft parking bays available (in square metres) on 30</span><span> </span><span>June in the financial year</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
(3) An airport‑operator company must retain a record kept under subsection (1) for 5 years after the end of the financial year to which the record relates. (4) If a service or facility to which a matter in column 2 of the table in subsection (2) relates is provided for the airport, under an agreement with the airport‑operator company, by a person other than the airport‑operator company, then: (a) the airport‑operator company for the airport need not comply with subsections (2) and (3) about the matter; and (b) the person providing the service or facility must comply with subsections (2) and (3) about the matter as if any reference in those subsections to the airport‑operator company were a reference to the person.
Note: A company may commit an offence if the company fails to comply with a requirement in this section (see subsection 156(5) of the Act).
(5) In this section:
peak hour, in relation to a financial year, means:
(a) for a matter relating exclusively to arriving passengers or inbound baggage—the hour that, on average for each day in the financial year, has the highest number of arriving passengers; or
(b) for a matter relating exclusively to departing passengers or outbound baggage—the hour that, on average for each day in the financial year, has the highest number of departing passengers; or
(c) in any other case—the hour that, on average for each day in the financial year, has the highest total number of passenger movements (including both arriving and departing passengers).
(1) For the purposes of paragraph 156(1)(b) of the Act, a person who is required under section 30 of this instrument to keep a record for a financial year must give the information contained in the record to the ACCC within 90 days after the end of the financial year. (2) If an airport‑operator company carries out a survey about a quality of service matter, the company must give the ACCC information about the results of the survey within 90 days after the end of the financial year in which the survey is carried out.
Note: A document may, in certain circumstances, be given electronically (see section 9 of the Electronic Transactions Act 1999).
(3) Information given to the ACCC under this section must be verified by statutory declaration by: (a) if the person obliged to give the information is an individual—the person, or a manager or executive officer employed by the person; or (b) if the person is a corporation—a director of the corporation.
Note: A company may commit an offence if the company fails to comply with a requirement in this section (see subsection 156(5) of the Act).
For the purposes of paragraph 180(1)(b) of the Act, the following airports are specified: (a) Archerfield Airport; (b) Bankstown Airport; (c) Camden Airport; (d) Essendon Fields Airport; (e) Jandakot Airport; (f) Moorabbin Airport; (g) Mount Isa Airport; (h) Parafield Airport; (i) Tennant Creek Airport.
(1) For the purposes of subsection 251B(1) of the Act, subsection 6(1) of this instrument is prescribed. (2) For the purposes of subsection 251B(4) of the Act, each of the Parts of Schedule 1 to this instrument is prescribed.
In this Part:
old regulations means the Airports Regulations 1997, as in force immediately before the commencement of this section.
(1) If: (a) a thing was done for a particular purpose under the old regulations; and (b) the thing could be done for that purpose under this instrument; the thing has effect for the purposes of this instrument as if it had been done for that purpose under this instrument. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), a reference in that subsection to a thing being done includes a reference to a direction, notice, application, authorisation or other instrument being given or made.
Despite the repeal of the old regulations, regulations 7.08, 8.02 and 8.03 of, and Schedule 2 to, the old regulations continue to apply to records kept under regulations 7.08 and 8.02 before the repeal, as if the old regulations had not been repealed.
The amendments of section 15 of this instrument made by the Airports (Protection of Airspace) Legislation (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 apply in relation to:
(a) a draft master plan for an airport given to the Minister under section 81 or 81A of the Act on or after the commencement of this item; and
(b) a final master plan that comes into force under section 83 of the Act on or after the commencement of this item, where the draft master plan was given to the Minister on or after that commencement.
The land specified in the Northern Territory certificates of title set out in the following table makes up Alice Springs Airport.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="4" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Certificates of title</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:13.52%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Volume</span></p></td><td style="width:13.64%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Folio</span></p></td><td style="width:64.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Description</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:13.52%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>763</span></p></td><td style="width:13.64%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>785</span></p></td><td style="width:64.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>N.T. Portion 428 from plan S 80/149</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:13.52%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>763</span></p></td><td style="width:13.64%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>786</span></p></td><td style="width:64.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>N.T. Portion 5238 from plan S 97/049</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:13.52%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>763</span></p></td><td style="width:13.64%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>790</span></p></td><td style="width:64.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>N.T. Portion 4054 from plan S 91/034</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:13.52%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>763</span></p></td><td style="width:13.64%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>795</span></p></td><td style="width:64.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>N.T. Portion 4437 from plan S 91/035</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:13.52%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>763</span></p></td><td style="width:13.64%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>796</span></p></td><td style="width:64.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>N.T. Portion 569 from plan S 80/149</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>6</span></p></td><td style="width:13.52%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>766</span></p></td><td style="width:13.64%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>275</span></p></td><td style="width:64.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>N.T. Portion 4004 from plans S 91/34B and S 91/34C</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>7</span></p></td><td style="width:13.52%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>804</span></p></td><td style="width:13.64%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>666</span></p></td><td style="width:64.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>N.T. Portion 429 from plan S 80/149</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>8</span></p></td><td style="width:13.52%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>804</span></p></td><td style="width:13.64%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>667</span></p></td><td style="width:64.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>N.T. Portion 3840 from plan LTO 90/001B</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>9</span></p></td><td style="width:13.52%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>804</span></p></td><td style="width:13.64%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>668</span></p></td><td style="width:64.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>N.T. Portion 3839 from plan LTO 90/001D</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>10</span></p></td><td style="width:13.52%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>804</span></p></td><td style="width:13.64%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>669</span></p></td><td style="width:64.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>N.T. Portion 4005 from plans S 91/34 and S 91/35B</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>11</span></p></td><td style="width:13.52%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>804</span></p></td><td style="width:13.64%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>670</span></p></td><td style="width:64.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>N.T. Portion 1025 from plan S 80/149</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>12</span></p></td><td style="width:13.52%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>804</span></p></td><td style="width:13.64%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>671</span></p></td><td style="width:64.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>N.T. Portion 806 from plan S 80/149</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>13</span></p></td><td style="width:13.52%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>804</span></p></td><td style="width:13.64%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>672</span></p></td><td style="width:64.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>N.T. Portion 995 from plan S 80/149</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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This instrument is the Airports Regulations 2024.
This instrument is made under the Airports Act 1996.
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) airport lease;
(b) airport‑lessee company;
(c) airport site;
(d) Environment Minister;
(e) quality of service matter.
In this instrument:
Act means the Airports Act 1996.
aeronautical services and facilities: see subsection 20(1).
associate has the meaning given by clause 5 of the Schedule to the Act.
Environment Department means the Department administered by the Environment Minister.
non‑aeronautical services and facilities means services and facilities provided at an airport that are not aeronautical services and facilities.
Secretary means the Secretary of the Department.
site of indigenous significance means a site that has value:
(a) of customary significance to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people; or
(b) of significance to the anthropological or archaeological understanding of Australian aboriginal history and society.
terms includes conditions.
For the purposes of the definition of airport site in section 5 of the Act, each of the following places (to the extent that it is a Commonwealth place) is declared to be an airport site: (a) Adelaide Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.1 of Schedule 1; (b) Alice Springs Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.2 of Schedule 1; (c) Archerfield Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.3 of Schedule 1; (d) Bankstown Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.4 of Schedule 1; (e) Brisbane Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.5 of Schedule 1; (f) Camden Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.6 of Schedule 1; (g) Canberra Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.7 of Schedule 1; (h) Darwin International Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.8 of Schedule 1; (i) Essendon Fields Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.9 of Schedule 1; (j) Gold Coast Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.10 of Schedule 1; (k) Hobart International Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.11 of Schedule 1; (l) Jandakot Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.12 of Schedule 1; (m) Launceston Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.13 of Schedule 1; (n) Melbourne (Tullamarine) Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.14 of Schedule 1; (o) Moorabbin Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.15 of Schedule 1; (p) Mount Isa Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.16 of Schedule 1; (q) Parafield Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.17 of Schedule 1; (r) Perth Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.18 of Schedule 1; (s) Sydney (Kingsford‑Smith) Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.19 of Schedule 1; (t) Sydney West Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.20 of Schedule 1; (u) Tennant Creek Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.21 of Schedule 1; (v) Townsville Airport—that is, the place made up of the land described in Part 1.22 of Schedule 1.
Who this affects and how it matters (plain language)
Stated purposes (as described in the instrument)
Testing those purpose‑claims against costs, incentives and trade‑offs
Practical implementation notes
Key provisions to skim first if you operate or advise an airport: sections 6 (site declarations), 8–13 (leasing/contract controls), 15–17 (master plan/environment), 22–27 (accounts, audit, lodging), 29–31 (quality monitoring and ACCC data obligations), and Schedule 1 (site boundaries).
For the purposes of paragraph 12(1)(b) of the Act, the following airports are specified: (a) Archerfield Airport; (b) Bankstown Airport; (c) Camden Airport; (d) Essendon Fields Airport; (e) Jandakot Airport; (f) Moorabbin Airport; (g) Mount Isa Airport; (h) Parafield Airport; (i) Tennant Creek Airport.
(1) This section is made for the purposes of paragraph 24(3)(a) of the Act. (2) The Minister may refuse to approve the transfer of an airport lease if the Minister is satisfied that: (a) the proposed transferee does not have the financial resources and managerial capabilities necessary to: (i) operate and develop the airport over the remainder of the lease period; or (ii) provide high‑quality airport services consistently with the sound development of civil aviation; or (b) the proposed transfer would, if it took place, be destructive of diversity of ownership of Australian airports; or (c) if the proposed transfer takes place: (i) the employees of the transferor company will be treated unfairly or inequitably; or (ii) the accrued employment benefits of the employees will not be preserved or would otherwise be adversely affected; or (d) the proposed transferee will not act responsibly in matters affecting the environment arising from the operation or management of the airport; or (e) the proposed transferee will not be responsive to: (i) the needs of the region in which the airport is located; or (ii) the interests of users of the airport. (3) The Minister may also refuse to approve the transfer of an airport lease if the Minister is not satisfied that, on or before the day of the proposed transfer of the airport lease, the transferor has transferred, or will transfer, to the proposed transferee, the transferor’s rights, liabilities and obligations relating to the airport lease or airport site under all contracts, or other arrangements, between the Commonwealth and the transferor that are specified in a written notice given to the transferor by the Minister.
(1) For the purposes of paragraphs 33(4C)(a) and (4F)(a) of the Act, subsection (2) of this section specifies the matters that the Minister must have regard to in making a decision: (a) under subsection 33(4A) of the Act to approve an airport‑management agreement in relation to an airport; or (b) under subsection 33(4D) of the Act to approve a variation of such an agreement. (2) The matters are as follows: (a) whether the proposed agreement, or the agreement as proposed to be varied, (the proposed agreement) gives the airport‑lessee company an option to purchase the assets of the airport‑management company when the agreement is terminated; (b) whether the proposed agreement gives the airport‑lessee company an option to purchase the assets of the airport‑management company if, under the Corporations Act 2001: (i) the airport‑management company goes into liquidation; or (ii) the airport‑management company is wound up; or (iii) a liquidator is appointed (whether the liquidation is voluntary, provisional or otherwise and whether or not the liquidator is appointed provisionally or otherwise); (c) whether the proposed agreement provides that, if the airport lease is terminated for any reason, the Minister may direct that the Commonwealth, or a person nominated by the Minister, is taken to be substituted for the airport‑lessee company as a party to the agreement; (d) whether the proposed agreement provides that, if the airport lease is terminated for any reason, and if the Minister gives a direction referred to in paragraph (c), the agreement continues to have effect according to its terms, except that: (i) the Commonwealth or a person nominated by the Minister is to be taken to be a party to the agreement in the place of the airport‑lessee company; and (ii) the Commonwealth or a person nominated by the Minister is not liable under the agreement for liabilities arising before the Commonwealth or person is taken to have become a party to the agreement; and (iii) the Commonwealth or a person nominated by the Minister may terminate the agreement at any time, subject to the payment of fair and reasonable compensation; (e) whether the proposed agreement provides that the airport‑lessee company must not terminate the agreement unless it gives the Secretary: (i) written notice, at least 21 days before the intended termination date, of its intention to do so; and (ii) any information that the Secretary reasonably requires about the termination; (f) whether the proposed agreement, either: (i) provides that the airport‑lessee company may terminate the agreement only upon reasonable notice and for reasonable cause; or (ii) does not provide that the airport‑lessee company may terminate the agreement at any time without cause; (g) whether the proposed agreement provides for financial information to be given by the airport‑management company to the airport‑lessee company to enable the airport‑lessee company to comply with Part 7 of the Act (relating to accounts and reports). (3) In paragraph (2)(a):
assets of an airport‑management company includes:
(a) the following:
(i) non‑fixed plant and equipment;
(ii) vehicles;
(iii) machinery;
(iv) office equipment;
(v) computer systems owned by the airport‑management company and used exclusively at, or in relation to, the airport concerned; and
(b) any interest of the airport‑management company as lessee or bailee of plant, equipment, vehicles, machinery or systems referred to in paragraph (a); and
(c) any interest of the airport‑management company in a contract for the supply of goods and services for use at, or in relation to, the airport; and
(d) any other tangible personal property of the airport‑management company that is used in connection with the management, operation or maintenance of the airport; and
(e) any interest of the airport‑management company in intellectual property (including computer software or any right of the airport‑management company to use computer software) in connection with the management, operation or maintenance of the airport.
(1) For the purposes of subsection 34(1) of the Act, the following specified kinds of subleases of an airport lease are prohibited: (a) a sublease for a purpose that is inconsistent with the use as an airport of the airport site concerned; (b) a sublease that has a duration longer than the duration of the airport lease; (c) a sublease of premises within the airport site for the purposes of prostitution. (2) In working out the duration of an airport lease for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), assume that any option to renew the lease will be exercised.
For the purposes of subsection 34B(1) of the Act, the following specified kinds of terms must be included in a sublease of an airport lease: (a) a term to the effect that the sublease is automatically terminated upon the creation of an interest in the sublease in favour of a person (other than a qualified company that has been approved by the Minister under paragraph 33(1)(a) of the Act) that is, either alone or with one or more associates, in a position to exercise control over either or both of the following: (i) the operation of the whole, or a substantial part of, the airport concerned; (ii) the direction to be taken in the development of the whole, or a substantial part of, the airport; (b) a term to the effect that any underlease of the sublease must contain a term to the same effect as that required by paragraph (a).
(1) For the purposes of subsection 35(1) of the Act, the following specified kinds of licences relating to an airport lease are prohibited: (a) a licence for a purpose that is inconsistent with the use as an airport of the airport site concerned; (b) a licence that has a duration longer than the duration of the airport lease; (c) a licence of premises within the airport site for prostitution. (2) In working out the duration of an airport lease for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), assume that any option to renew the lease will be exercised.
For the purposes of subsection 35B(1) of the Act, the following specified kinds of terms must be included in a licence relating to an airport lease: (a) a term to the effect that the licence is automatically terminated upon the creation of an interest in the licence in favour of a person who is, either alone or with one or more associates, in a position to exercise control over either or both of the following: (i) the operation of the whole, or a substantial part of, the airport concerned; (ii) the direction to be taken in the development of the whole, or a substantial part of, the airport; (b) a term to the effect that any further licence of the licence must contain a term to the same effect as that required by paragraph (a).
For the purposes of paragraph 68(1)(b) of the Act, the following airports are prescribed: (a) Archerfield Airport; (b) Bankstown Airport; (c) Camden Airport; (d) Essendon Fields Airport; (e) Jandakot Airport; (f) Moorabbin Airport; (g) Parafield Airport.
(1) For the purposes of paragraphs 71(2)(j) and (3)(j) of the Act, the following matters are specified as matters that must be set out in a draft or final master plan for an airport: (a) any change to the OLS or TIFPOP surfaces for the airport that is likely to result if development proceeds in accordance with the master plan; (b) if the draft master plan is given to the Minister, or the final master plan is approved by the Minister, before 1 April 2027—for an area of an airport where a change of use of a kind described in subregulation 6.07(2) of the Airports (Environment Protection) Regulations 1997 (as continued in force by section 100 of the Airports (Environment Protection) Regulations 2026) is proposed: (i) the contents of the report of any examination of the area carried out under regulation 6.09 of that instrument as continued in force; and (ii) the airport‑lessee company’s plans for dealing with any soil pollution referred to in the report; and (c) if the draft master plan is given to the Minister, or the final master plan is approved by the Minister, on or after 1 April 2027—for an area of an airport where a change of use of a kind described in subsection 65(1) of the Airports (Environment Protection) Regulations 2026 as in force on or after 1 April 2027 is proposed: (i) the contents of any written assessment report of the area under subsection 65(3) of that instrument or of any report of an examination of the area under the provision mentioned in subparagraph (b)(i) of this subsection; and (ii) the airport‑lessee company’s plans for dealing with any air, water or soil pollution, or offensive noise, referred to in the assessment report. (2) If a matter set ou
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