Federal Airports Corporation Act 1986
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72 By‑laws
(1) The Board may make by‑laws, not inconsistent with this Act or the regulations, prescribing matters:
(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed by the by‑laws; or
(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed by the by‑laws for carrying out or giving effect to this Act;
and, in particular, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, by‑laws making provision for, or with respect to:
(c) the terms and conditions governing the provision to, or use by, any person, or class of persons, of services provided by, or facilities owned or operated by, the Corporation;
(d) charges, not being aeronautical charges within the meaning of section 56 or charges made under, or because of, a contract, a lease, a licence, or an authority, in writing under the common seal of the Corporation;
(e) the protection and preservation of property of, or property in the custody or under the control of, the Corporation;
(f) regulating the conduct of persons at Federal airports or Federal airport development sites;
(g) the maintenance of safety and order at Federal airports or Federal airport development sites;
(h) regulating or prohibiting access to the whole or part of a Federal airport or Federal airport development sites by persons or classes of persons and the removal of certain persons or classes of persons;
(j) regulating or prohibiting the parking of aircraft at Federal airports and providing for signs and tarmac markings for those purposes;
(k) regulating or prohibiting the use of vehicles at Federal airports and providing for signs and road markings for those purposes;
(m) the removal, sale or other disposal of unclaimed goods in the possession of the Corporation (including protection for the Corporation, airport officers and employees in relation to such removal, sale or disposal) and dealing with the proceeds of any such sale;
(n) regulating or prohibiting the carrying on of any activity at Federal airports or Federal airport development sites;
(p) the sale, supply, disposal, possession or control of liquor at a Federal airport or Federal airport development sites (including the sale, supply, disposal, possession or control of liquor by a person pursuant to a lease, licence or authority referred to in paragraph 9(2)(b));
(q) gambling activities at a Federal airport or Federal airport development sites (including gambling activities engaged in by a person pursuant to a lease, licence or authority referred to in paragraph 9(2)(b));
(r) providing for functions and powers to be conferred, and responsibilities to be imposed, upon airport officers;
(s) the prohibition of interference with: