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Federal Airports Corporation Act 1986
8Extent of functions of Corporation
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##### 8 Extent of functions of Corporation
(1) The functions of the Corporation referred to in paragraph 6(a) extend to:
(a) reviewing the use and capacity of existing Federal airports, determining the necessity or desirability of extending or otherwise altering Federal airports and carrying out necessary or desirable extensions to, or alterations of, Federal airports;
(b) carrying on commercial activities at, or in relation to, Federal airports (including carrying on such activities in co‑operation, or as joint ventures, with other persons);
(ba) providing, or arranging for the provision of, airport security at, or in relation to, Federal airports;
(c) providing, or arranging for the provision of, facilities and services at, or in relation to, Federal airports;
(d) disposing of, or otherwise dealing with, land which was previously a Federal airport or part of a Federal airport;
(da) carrying out activities to protect the environment from the effects of, and the effects associated with, the operation and use of aircraft (other than state aircraft within the meaning of the Civil Aviation Act 1988) operating to or from Federal airports;
(e) co‑operating with, and providing assistance to, the Department in relation to matters dealt with by the Department in respect of Federal airports; and
(f) co‑operating with, and providing assistance to, Airservices Australia and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, in relation to matters dealt with by Airservices Australia or the Civil Aviation Safety Authority in respect of Federal airports.
(1A) The functions of the Corporation referred to in paragraph 6(aa) extend to:
(a) carrying on commercial activities at, or in relation to, Federal airport development sites (including carrying on such activities in co‑operation with, or as joint ventures with, other persons); and
(b) providing, or arranging the provision of, facilities and services at, or in relation to, Federal airport development sites; and
(c) disposing of, or otherwise dealing with, land that was previously a Federal airport development site or a part of one; and
(d) co‑operating with, and providing assistance to, the Department in relation to matters dealt with by the Department in respect of Federal airport development sites; and
(e) co‑operating with, and providing assistance to, Airservices Australia and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority in relation to matters dealt with by Airservices Australia or the Civil Aviation Safety Authority in respect of Federal airport development sites.
(2) The functions of the Corporation do not extend to:
(a) providing facilities or services of the kinds referred to in paragraphs 8(1)(a) and (b) of the Air Services Act 1995; and
(c) the provision of non‑visual navigational aids, communication services, or meteorological services and facilities, relating to aircraft; and
(f) the investigation of the need for additional Federal airports and the desirability of replacing existing Federal airports with new Federal airports; and
(g) the preparation of plans for, and the establishment of, airports that are to be Federal airports.
(2A) Nothing in paragraph (2)(f) or (g) is to be taken to prevent the Corporation from establishing airports at Federal airport development sites under paragraph 6(aa).
(3) In this section:
> apron means that part of a Federal airport to be used:
(a) for the purpose of enabling passengers to board, or disembark from, aircraft;
(b) for loading cargo on, or unloading cargo from, aircraft; or
(c) for refuelling, parking or carrying out maintenance on aircraft.
> Federal airport, except in paragraph (1)(d), includes a jointly used area.
> manoeuvring area means that part of a Federal airport to be used for the take‑off and landing of aircraft and for the movement of aircraft associated with take‑off and landing excluding aprons.
(4) This section authorises the performance of functions by the Corporation in relation to jointly used areas only to the extent required by arrangements referred to in paragraph 9(2)(cb).