Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

AIRPORTS (ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION) REGULATIONS 1997

- made under the Airports Act 1996

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.01.   Name of regulations [see Note 1]  
   1.02.   Objects  
   1.03.   Limited application to aircraft activities  
   1.03A.  Airports to which Division 3 of Part 6 of the Act applies  
   1.04.   Effect on other laws  
   1.05.   Definitions  
   1.06.   References to Australian Standards (AS)  
   1.07.   Who is an operator of an undertaking at an airport  
   1.08.   Testing  

   PART 2--WHAT IS POLLUTION OR EXCESSIVE NOISE

           Division 1--Pollution

   2.01.   What is air pollution  
   2.02.   What is water pollution  
   2.03.   What is soil pollution  

           Division 2--Offensive noise

   2.04.   What is offensive noise  

   PART 3--ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES

           Division 1--Preliminary

   3.01.   Airports to which Division 2 of Part 6 of the Act applies  
   3.01A.  Application of this Part  
   3.02.   Participation by operators of undertakings at an airport  

           Division 2--Additional matters to be specified in environment strategy

   3.03.   Sites of indigenous significance  
   3.04.   Operations other than airport operations  
   3.05.   Environment management training  

           Division 3--Things to be addressed in strategy

   3.06.   Management of airport site  
   3.07.   Identification of environmentally significant areas of airport site  
   3.08.   Identification of sources of environmental impact at airport  
   3.09.   Proposed studies, reviews and monitoring  
   3.10.   Proposed measures for preventing, controlling or reducing environmental impact  

           Division 4--Publicising of strategy

   3.11.   Sublessees and licensees to be aware of strategy  

   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

   6.14.   Occupier may prepare remedial plan  
   6.15.   Reporting of plan  
   6.16.   Duty of airport environment officer to monitor plan  

           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

   8.01.   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

           Division 1--Decisions of airport environment officer

   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

   10.01.  Airport environment officers  
   10.02.  Airport environment officer's records  
   10.03.  Oversight of airport environment officer  
   10.04.  Giving notices, directions, etc  
   10.05.  Immunity from certain liability  
   10.06.  Confidential information in hands of airport environment officer  
   10.07.  Delegation  

   PART 11--TRANSITIONAL

   11.01.  Commenced actions that are otherwise lawful  
           SCHEDULE 1 Air pollution -- accepted limits
           SCHEDULE 2 Water pollution -- accepted limits
           SCHEDULE 3 Soil pollution -- accepted limits
           SCHEDULE 4 Excessive noise -- guidelines