Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

AIR NAVIGATION (AIRCRAFT NOISE) REGULATIONS 1984 - REG 10C

(1)

The Minister may publish a notice in the Gazette of the countries to which this regulation applies.

(2)

The operator of an aircraft may apply to the Minister to have the country in which the operator's principal business office is located included in the notice.

(3)

The operator must:

(a)

state in the application the reasons for making it; and

(b)

if the Minister, in writing, asks the operator to give the Minister information in relation to the application — give the information to the Minister.

(4)

The Minister must consider the application and may approve or refuse it.

(5)

The operator of an aircraft that is permitted under regulation 10A to engage in air navigation until a day before 31 March 2002 may apply to the Secretary to set a day, later than that day, on which the permission ends if:

(a)

on 1 January 1991, the aircraft is on the register of aircraft of a country that is included in the notice; and

(b)

the principal business office of the operator of the aircraft is located in the country; and

(c)

the operator would experience financial hardship if the aircraft does not engage in air navigation after the day on which the permission ends.

(6)

If the operator applies, the Secretary may set a day, after which the aircraft must not engage in air navigation:

(a)

later than the day on which the permission ends; and

(b)

not later than 31 March 2002.

(7)

The Secretary must give notice in writing to the applicant of a decision under this regulation.