AIRPORTS (ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION) REGULATIONS 1997
- made under the Airports Act 1996
Table of Provisions
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
PART 2--WHAT IS POLLUTION OR EXCESSIVE NOISE
Division 1--Pollution
Division 2--Offensive noise
PART 4--DUTIES OF OPERATORS OF UNDERTAKINGS AT AIRPORTS
Division 1--Pollution
- 4.01 General duty to avoid polluting
- 4.02 Assumed compliance with general duty
- 4.03 Duty--pollution control equipment
Division 2--Preservation of habitat, etc
- 4.04 General duty to preserve
- 4.05 Duty to give notice of cultural, etc discovery
Division 3--Offensive noise
- 4.06 General duty to prevent offensive noise occurring
- 4.07 Assumed compliance with general duty
- 4.08 Duty--noisy, or potentially noisy, equipment
- 4.09 Duty--noise control equipment
PART 5--LOCAL STANDARDS AND INDIVIDUAL AUTHORISATIONS
Division 1--Local standards
- 5.01 Purpose
- 5.02 Airport-lessee company may initiate consultations
- 5.03 Application to Minister
- 5.04 Determination of application
- 5.05 Notification of determination
Division 2--Authorisations
- 5.06 Effect of authorisation
- 5.07 Application for authorisation
- 5.08 Certain applications to be advertised
- 5.09 Determination of application
- 5.10 Notification of decision
- 5.11 Authorisation holder to comply with plan
- 5.12 Duration of authorisations
- 5.13 Urgently required authorisations
- 5.14 Notification to airport-lessee company
- 5.15 Public notification
- 5.16 Authorisations may be varied or revoked
- 5.17 Annual report by holder
- 5.18 Failure to comply with condition of authorisation
- 5.19 Authorisation may be transferred
PART 6--MONITORING, REPORTING AND REMEDIAL ACTION
Division 1--Monitoring and reporting
- 6.01 Existing pollution to be reported
- 6.02 Airport-lessee company to monitor pollution levels
- 6.03 Annual report
- 6.04 Additional reporting requirements
- 6.05 Duties of sublessees and licensees
- 6.06 Inaccurate or incomplete information to be corrected
Division 2--Airport environment officer assessment of soil pollution
- 6.07 Duty to assess soil condition
- 6.08 Assessment of contamination of soil
- 6.09 Expert site examination
- 6.10 Eligible persons to be appointed assessor
- 6.11 Conduct of examination
- 6.12 Site investigator's report
- 6.13 Assessor's report
Division 3--Remedial plan for soil pollution
Division 4--Remedial work
- 6.17 Interpretation
- 6.18 Power to order remedial work
- 6.19 Power to enter and perform remedial work
PART 7--ENFORCEMENT
Division 1--Environment protection orders
- 7.01 Pollution
- 7.02 Preservation of habitat, etc
- 7.03 Excessive noise
- 7.04 Order must not conflict with authorisation
- 7.05 Compliance with order
- 7.06 Compliance with condition of authorisation
PART 8--GENERAL PENALTY PROVISIONS
Division 1--Continuing offences
Division 2--Infringement notices
- 8.02 Purpose of this Division
- 8.03 Infringement notices
- 8.04 Extension of time to pay
- 8.05 Payment by instalments
- 8.06 If infringement notice disputed
- 8.07 Payment of penalty if infringement notice not withdrawn
- 8.08 Effect of payment of infringement notice penalty
- 8.09 Admissions under paragraph 8.03(2)(h)
- 8.10 Matter not to be taken into account in determining sentence
- 8.11 Refund of infringement notice penalty if notice withdrawn
- 8.12 Evidence for hearing
- 8.13 Payment of penalty by cheque
- 8.14 Infringement notice not compulsory, etc
PART 9--RECONSIDERATION AND REVIEW OF CERTAIN DECISIONS
- 9.01 Decisions reviewable by Secretary
- 9.02 Review by Secretary
- 9.03 Secretary to obtain advice
Division 2--AAT review
- 9.04 Interpretation
- 9.05 Statement to accompany notification of reviewable decisions
- 9.06 AAT review of decisions
PART 10--MISCELLANEOUS
PART 11--TRANSITIONAL
- 11.01 Commenced actions that are otherwise lawful