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Federal Airports Corporation Act 1986
73Operation of State and Territory laws
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##### 73 Operation of State and Territory laws
(1) By‑laws in force under paragraph 72(1)(k) are not intended to exclude or limit the operation of any provision of a law of a State or Territory that deals with the use of vehicles and is capable of operating concurrently with those by‑laws.
(2) By‑laws in force under paragraph 72(1)(p) in respect of a Federal airport or Federal airport development site have effect, in relation to that airport or site, to the exclusion of any provisions of the law of the State or Territory in which the airport or site is situated relating to the sale, supply or disposal of liquor.
(3) By‑laws in force under paragraph 72(1)(q) in respect of a Federal airport or Federal airport development site have effect, in relation to that airport or site, to the exclusion of any provisions of the law of the State or Territory in which the airport or site is situated relating to gambling activities.
(4) The Corporation shall, where it:
(a) engages in gambling activities at a Federal airport or Federal airport development site;
(b) grants a person a lease or licence, or gives a person an authority, referred to in paragraph 9(2)(b), that allows a person to use an area, a building, or a part of a building, at a Federal airport or Federal airport development site for gambling activities; or
(c) makes by‑laws referred to in paragraph 72(1)(q);
endeavour to ensure that, as far as is reasonably practicable, persons are prevented from resorting to a Federal airport or Federal airport development site solely or principally for the purpose of:
(d) engaging in a gambling activity that is not permitted under the law of the State or Territory in which the airport or site is situated; or
(e) engaging in a gambling activity to which paragraph (d) does not apply otherwise than during the days and hours that that gambling activity is permitted under that law.
(5) In this section, gambling activity and liquor have the same meanings respectively as they have in section 72.