Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

AIR NAVIGATION (AIRCRAFT NOISE) REGULATIONS 1984 - REG 6A

(1)

If an aircraft in respect of which an application is made under regulation 5:

(a)

is of a type specified in column 2 of an item in the Schedule; and

(b)

complies with the standards in respect of aircraft noise specified in the provisions of the Annex specified in column 3 of that item;

the Secretary must issue to the applicant a noise certificate for the aircraft.

(2)

For the purposes of subregulation (1), the noise level that is emitted by an aircraft of a type specified in column 2 of an item in the Schedule must be determined by reference to the test procedures set out in the provisions of the Annex specified in column 4 of that item.

(3)

If an aircraft is of a type that is described in column 2 of more than 1 item in the Schedule:

(a)

subregulation (1) applies if the aircraft complies with the standards in respect of noise specified in the provisions of the Annex specified in column 3 of any 1 of those items; and

(b)

the aircraft does not breach these Regulations by reason only of the fact that it does not comply with the standards in respect of noise specified in the provisions of the Annex specified in column 3 of the other item or items.

(4)

If the Secretary refuses to issue a noise certificate, he or she must give notice in writing of the decision to the applicant.

(5)

Unless the contrary intention appears, words and expressions used in the Schedule and in Volume I of the Annex have the same meaning as in that Volume.