Contents

Part 1--Preliminary                                                                                                                1

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ....................................................................... 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

3............ Definitions .......................................................................................... 1

3A......... Application of the Criminal Code ...................................................... 2

4............ Explanation of runway names ............................................................ 2

5............ Time is legal time in New South Wales .............................................. 3

Part 2--The curfew and related restrictions                                                             4

Division 1--The curfew                                                                                                4

6............ Curfew periods ................................................................................... 4

7............ Prohibition on taking off or landing during curfew periods ................ 4

8............ Use of reverse thrust during curfew periods ...................................... 4

9............ Missed approaches during curfew periods ......................................... 5

Division 2--Related restrictions                                                                             7

10.......... Runways to be used for take‑offs between 10.45 pm and 11 pm ...... 7

11.......... Runways to be used for take‑offs and landings on weekends between 6 am and 7 am and 10 pm and 11 pm        7

Part 3--Permitted aircraft movements                                                                        9

Division 1--Movements permitted during curfew periods                       9

12.......... International passenger aircraft movements during curfew shoulder periods           9

13.......... BAe‑146 and DC9 aircraft used for freight ...................................... 11

14.......... Propeller‑driven aircraft under 34,000 kilograms that comply with noise standards               13

15.......... Jet aircraft under 34,000 kilograms that comply with noise standards and that are specified by the Minister       13

16.......... Take‑off from runway 16R when taxi clearance received before start of curfew period          14

17.......... Sections 13, 14 and 15 do not apply after airport at Badgerys Creek is available for night use              14

Division 2--Emergencies and dispensations                                                  16

18.......... Aircraft may take off or land in emergencies or if Minister grants dispensation      16

19.......... Emergencies ...................................................................................... 16

20 Dispensations in exceptional circumstances ............................................... 16

Part 4--Provision of information                                                                                   18

21.......... Authorised person may require the provision of information .......... 18

22.......... Provision of false information .......................................................... 18

Part 5--Consultation before Act is amended                                                         19

23.......... Minister to consult ........................................................................... 19

Part 6--Miscellaneous                                                                                                        20

24.......... Delegation ......................................................................................... 20

25.......... Conduct by directors, servants and agents ....................................... 20

26.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 21

Schedule--Consultation procedures                                                                           22

1............ Schedule sets out consultation procedures ....................................... 22

2............ Minister may determine that a body or organisation represents those likely to be affected    22

3............ Minister must prepare a written proposal ....................................... 22

4............ Public to be invited to make submissions ......................................... 22

5............ Body or organisations specified under clause 2 to be consulted ...... 23

6............ Minister to consider submissions ..................................................... 23

7............ Failure to comply does not invalidate .............................................. 23

Notes                                                                                                                                             25

Notes to the Sydney Airport Curfew Act 1995

Note 1

The Sydney Airport Curfew Act 1995 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 134, 1995 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

For all relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Sydney Airport Curfew Act 1995	134, 1995	22 Nov 1995	24 Dec 1995 (see s. 2)
Aviation Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2000	48, 2000	3 May 2000	Schedule 2: 31 May 2000 Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Transport and Regional Services Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001	143, 2001	1 Oct 2001	2 Oct 2001	S. 4
Legislative Instruments (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2003	140, 2003	17 Dec 2003	S. 4 and Schedule 1 (items 34, 35): (a)	S. 4
Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Amendment (Security Plans and Other Measures) Act 2006	109, 2006	27 Sept 2006	Schedule 2 (items 74-82): Royal Assent	--

(a)     Subsection 2(1) (items 2 and 3) of the Legislative Instruments (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2003 provides as follows:

                 (1)   Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.

 

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
2.  Sections 4 and 5	Immediately after the commencement of sections 3 to 62 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003	1 January 2005
3.  Schedule 1	Immediately after the commencement of sections 3 to 62 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003	1 January 2005

 

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part 1
S. 3......................................	am. No. 143, 2001
S. 3A...................................	ad. No. 143, 2001
Part 2
Division 1
S. 7......................................	am. No. 48, 2000; No. 143, 2001
Note 1 to s. 7(2)..................	am. No. 48, 2000
Ss. 8, 9................................	am. No. 143, 2001
Division 2
S. 10....................................	am. No. 48, 2000; No. 143, 2001
Note 1 to s. 10(2)................	am. No. 48, 2000
S. 11....................................	am. No. 143, 2001
Part 3
Division 1
S. 15....................................	am. No. 140, 2003; No. 109, 2006
Division 2
S. 20....................................	am. No. 140, 2003; No. 109, 2006
Part 4
Ss. 21, 22............................	am. No. 143, 2001
Part 6
S. 25....................................	am. No. 143, 2001
Schedule
Schedule.............................	am. No. 140, 2003; No. 109, 2006

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Transport and Regional Services Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (No. 143, 2001)

4  Application of Amendments

             (1)  Each amendment made by this Act applies to acts and omissions that take place after the amendment commences.

             (2)  For the purposes of this section, if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the day on which a particular amendment commences, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before the amendment commences.

Legislative Instruments (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2003 (No. 140, 2003)

4  Transitional provisions

             (1)  If legislation introduced into the Parliament before the commencing day but commencing on or after that day:

                     (a)  authorises an instrument to be made in the exercise of a power delegated by the Parliament; and

                     (b)  is expressed to require that instrument to be published as a statutory rule under the Statutory Rules Publication Act 1903;

any instrument so made is taken to be an instrument referred to in paragraph 6(b) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 despite the repeal by this Act of the Statutory Rules Publication Act 1903.

             (2)  If legislation introduced into the Parliament before the commencing day but commencing on or after that day:

                     (a)  authorises an instrument to be made in the exercise of a power delegated by the Parliament; and

                     (b)  is expressed to declare that instrument to be a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901;

any instrument so made is taken to be an instrument referred to in subparagraph 6(d)(i) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 despite the repeal by this Act of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

             (3)  If legislation that is in force immediately before the commencing day or that is introduced into the Parliament before that day but that commences on or after that day:

                     (a)  authorised or authorises an instrument to be made in the exercise of a power delegated by the Parliament that adversely affects the rights of a person, or results in the imposition of liabilities on a person; and

                     (b)  provided or provides that the instrument has effect, to the extent that it adversely affects those rights or results in the imposition of those liabilities, despite subsection 48(2) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, before the date of its notification in the Gazette;

that legislation is to be construed, on and after the commencing day or the day of its commencement, whichever last occurs, as if it had provided instead that the instrument, to the extent that it adversely affects those rights or results in the imposition of those liabilities, has effect, despite subsection 12(2) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, before its registration under that Act.

             (4)  If:

                     (a)  legislation (the enabling legislation) in force immediately before the commencing day:

                              (i)  authorises the making of an instrument; and

                             (ii)  does not declare such an instrument to be a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 but nonetheless makes provision for its disallowance by the application, with or without modification, of the provisions of Part XII of that Act; and

                     (b)  an instrument is made in the exercise of that authority on or after the commencing day; and

                     (c)  the instrument is not a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 or otherwise;

the enabling legislation has effect, on and after the commencing day, as if:

                     (d)  it had declared such instruments to be disallowable instruments for the purposes of section 46B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901; and

                     (e)  it had provided for such modifications of the operation of that section as are necessary to ensure that the effect of the applied provisions of Part XII of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 is preserved.

             (5)  In this section:

commencing day means the commencing day within the meaning of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.