AIRPORTS ACT 1996
Table of Provisions
- 1 1 Short title
- 2 2 Commencement
- 3 3 Objects
- 4 4 Simplified outline
- 5 5 Definitions
- 6 6 Sydney West Airport
- 7 7 Meaning of core regulated airport
- 8 8 Crown to be bound
- 9 9 External Territories
- 10 10 Extra-territorial operation
- 11 11 Simplified outline
- 12 12 Airports to which Part applies
- 13 13 Commonwealth may grant airport lease
- 14 14 Rules about airport leases
- 15 15 Termination of airport lease if lessee ceases to be a qualified company
- 16 16 Person may acquire only one airport lease
- 17 17 No simultaneous grant of leases to the same person
- 18 18 Sydney (Kingsford-Smith) Airport and Sydney West Airport to be under common ownership
- 19 19 Only one lease per airport site
- 20 20 No simultaneous grant of leases relating to the same airport site
- 21 21 No grant of lease if Part 3 contravened
- 22 22 Airport lease granted subject to existing interests in the land
- 23 23 Restriction on acquisition of airport lease
- 24 24 No transfer of airport lease without approval of Minister
- 25 25 No transfer of lease if Part 3 contravened
- 26 26 No declaration of trust in respect of airport lease
- 27 27 Beneficial interest in airport lease must not be transferred independently of legal interest
- 28 28 Notification of acquisition of lease-enforcement of loan security
- 29 29 Re-transfer of lease-enforcement of loan security
- 30 30 Termination of airport lease otherwise than under this Act
- 31 31 Authority to use airport site as an airport
- 32 32 Airport-operator company must not carry on non-airport business
- 33 33 Airport-management agreements
- 34 34 Regulations may prohibit subleases of airport leases
- 35 35 Regulations may prohibit licences relating to airport leases
- 36 36 Lands Acquisition Act 1989 not to apply to anything done under this Part
- 37 37 Entries in title registers
- 38 38 Simplified outline
- 39 39 Definitions in Schedule
- 40 40 Meaning of unacceptable foreign-ownership situation
- 41 41 Acquisitions of shares
- 42 42 Compliance by airport-operator company
- 43 43 Remedial orders
- 44 44 Meaning of unacceptable airline-ownership situation
- 45 45 Acquisitions of shares
- 46 46 Compliance by airport-operator company
- 47 47 Remedial orders
- 48 48 Simplified outline
- 49 49 Pairs of airport-operator companies
- 50 50 Meaning of unacceptable cross-ownership situation
- 51 51 Acquisitions of shares
- 52 52 Compliance by airport-operator companies
- 53 53 Remedial orders
- 54 54 Meaning of control
- 55 55 Minister may declare person to have practical control of an airport-operator company
- 56 56 Requirement to relinquish practical control or reduce stake
- 57 57 Remedial orders
- 58 58 Head office to be in Australia
- 59 59 Majority of directors must be Australian citizens or Australian residents
- 60 60 Record-keeping and giving of information
- 61 61 Concurrent operation of State/Territory laws
- 62 62 Validity of acts done in contravention of this Part
- 63 63 Acquisition of property
- 64 64 Simplified outline
- 65 65 Anti-avoidance-assets etc.
- 66 66 Anti-avoidance-airport-management agreements
- 67 67 Simplified outline
- 68 68 Airports to which Part applies
- 69 69 Simplified outline
- 70 70 Final master plans
- 71 71 Contents of draft or final master plan
- 72 72 Planning period
- 73 73 Assumption of continuity of lease
- 74 74 Plan does not lapse when lease transferred
- 75 75 Draft master plan to be given to Minister after acquisition or grant of airport lease
- 76 76 New draft master plan to be submitted before expiry of old plan
- 77 77 Duration of final master plan
- 78 78 Replacement of final master plan
- 79 79 Public comment
- 80 80 Consultations
- 81 81 Approval of draft by Minister
- 82 82 Transfer of airport lease during approval process
- 83 83 Effect of approval
- 84 84 Minor variation of final master plan
- 85 85 Notification of matters that may affect the achievement of final master plan
- 86 86 Publication of final master plan or variation of final master plan
- 87 87 Transitional-adoption of FAC documents
- 88 88 Simplified outline
- 89 89 Meaning of major airport development
- 90 90 Major airport development must not be carried out except in accordance with an approved major development plan
- 91 91 Contents of major development plan
- 92 92 Public comment
- 93 93 Consultations
- 94 94 Approval of major development plan by Minister
- 95 95 Minor variation of major development plan
- 96 96 Publication of major development plan or variation of major development plan
- 97 97 Simplified outline
- 98 98 Interpretation
- 99 99 Building activities not to be carried out without approval
- 100 100 Regulations about building approvals
- 101 101 Building approval to be consistent with final master plan and major development plan
- 102 102 Offence of contravening conditions
- 103 103 Remedial directions
- 104 104 Certificates of fitness
- 105 105 Eligible alterations
- 106 106 Requirement for certificate of fitness
- 107 107 Regulations about certificates of fitness
- 108 108 Offence of contravening conditions
- 109 109 Remedial directions
- 110 110 Transitional-buildings and structures in existence when airport lease first granted
- 111 111 Infringement notices
- 112 112 Exclusion of State/Territory laws
- 113 113 Simplified outline
- 114 114 Airports to which Division applies
- 115 115 Final environment strategies
- 116 116 Contents of draft or final environment strategy
- 117 117 Strategy period
- 118 118 Assumption of continuity of lease
- 119 119 Strategy does not lapse when lease transferred
- 120 120 Draft environment strategy to be given to Minister after acquisition or grant of airport lease
- 121 121 New draft environment strategy to be submitted before expiry of old strategy
- 122 122 Duration of final environment strategy
- 123 123 Replacement of final environment strategy
- 124 124 Public comment
- 125 125 Consultations
- 126 126 Approval of draft by Minister
- 127 127 Transfer of airport lease during approval process
- 128 128 Effect of approval
- 129 129 Minor variation of final environment strategy
- 130 130 Compliance with final environment strategy
- 131 131 Publication of final environment strategy or variation of final environment strategy
- 132 132 Regulations about environmental standards at airports
- 133 133 Regulations about monitoring, and remedying breaches of, environmental standards at airports
- 134 134 Remedying breaches of environmental standards-recovery of expenses by airport-operator company
- 135 135 Remedying breaches of environmental standards-recovery of expenses by the Commonwealth
- 136 136 Operation of State/Territory laws
- 137 137 Severability
- 138 138 Infringement notices
- 139 139 Simplified outline
- 140 140 Airports to which Part applies
- 141 141 Preparation and retention of accounts
- 142 142 Audit of accounts
- 143 143 Lodgment of accounts with the ACCC
- 144 144 Approved auditor
- 145 145 Airport reports
- 146 146 Record-keeping
- 147 147 Protection of documents given to the ACCC
- 148 148 Part supplements the Trade Practices Act 1974 and the Prices Surveillance Act 1983
- 149 149 Concurrent operation of State/Territory laws
- 150 150 Simplified outline
- 151 151 Airports to which Part applies
- 152 152 Airport services and facilities
- 153 153 Performance indicators
- 154 154 Examples of performance indicators
- 155 155 Monitoring by the ACCC
- 156 156 Record-keeping and giving of information
- 157 157 Publication of quality of service information
- 158 158 Protection of information given to the ACCC
- 159 159 Part supplements the Trade Practices Act 1974 and the Prices Surveillance Act 1983
- 160 160 Simplified outline
- 161 161 Variation of airport sites-consent of lessee
- 162 162 Closure of airport sites
- 163 163 Surrender of airport leases
- 164 164 Simplified outline
- 165 165 Designated international agreements
- 166 166 Regulations may give effect to designated international agreements
- 167 167 Compliance by airport operators with regulations
- 168 168 Simplified outline
- 169 169 Airports to which Part applies
- 170 170 Control of liquor
- 171 171 Control of commercial trading
- 172 172 Control of vehicle movements
- 173 173 Control of gambling
- 174 174 Control of smoking
- 175 175 Enforcement
- 176 176 Infringement notices
- 177 177 Operation of State/Territory laws
- 178 178 Submissions
- 179 179 Simplified outline
- 180 180 Airports to which Part applies
- 181 181 Prescribed airspace
- 182 182 Controlled activities
- 183 183 Controlled activities not to be carried out without approval
- 184 184 Regulations about approvals
- 185 185 Offence of contravening conditions
- 186 186 Notification of proposals to carry out controlled activities
- 187 187 Remedial orders
- 188 188 Compensation-constitutional safety-net
- 189 189 Severability
- 190 190 Part supplements regulations under the Civil Aviation Act 1988
- 191 191 Simplified outline
- 192 192 Application of the access regime in Part IIIA of the Trade Practices Act 1974
- 193 193 Part IIIA of the Trade Practices Act 1974 to be subject to the demand management provisions of this Part
- 194 194 Scope of demand management provisions
- 195 195 Airport capacity declarations
- 196 196 Public comment
- 197 197 Submissions
- 198 198 Declarations subjecting airports to statutory demand management
- 199 199 Criteria for making declaration
- 200 200 Submissions
- 201 201 Demand management schemes
- 202 202 Submissions
- 203 203 Types of schemes
- 204 204 Category exclusion schemes
- 205 205 Slot allocation schemes
- 206 206 Movement limitation schemes
- 207 207 Concurrent schemes
- 208 208 Compliance with demand management schemes
- 209 209 Infringement notices
- 210 210 Part supplements Sydney Airport Curfew Act
- 211 211 Part supplements Air Navigation Regulations
- 212 212 Recurring intervals of time
- 213 213 Specification of 2 or more intervals of time
- 214 214 Severability
- 215 215 Simplified outline
- 216 216 Air traffic services, and rescue and fire fighting services, not to be provided without approval
- 217 217 Simplified outline
- 218 218 Injunctions
- 219 219 Interim injunctions
- 220 220 Discharge etc. of injunctions
- 221 221 Certain limits on granting injunctions not to apply
- 222 222 Other powers of the court unaffected
- 223 223 Simplified outline
- 224 224 Prosecutions of corporations
- 225 225 Prosecutions of persons other than corporations
- 226 226 Simplified outline
- 227 227 False or misleading statements-general
- 228 228 Incorrect records
- 229 229 False or misleading information given to airport-operator companies
- 230 230 Incorrect accounts and statements
- 231 231 False or misleading audit certificates
- 232 232 Simplified outline
- 233 233 Authorised officers
- 234 234 Identity cards
- 235 235 Searches to monitor compliance with Part 5 or 6-occupier consents
- 236 236 Monitoring warrants
- 237 237 Power to require persons to answer questions etc.
- 238 238 Monitoring powers
- 239 239 Airport premises
- 240 240 References to Part 5 or 6
- 241 241 Simplified outline
- 242 242 Review of decisions by Administrative Appeals Tribunal
- 243 243 Tabling of Ministerial statements about certain decisions
- 244 244 Delegation
- 245 245 Indictable offences
- 246 246 Constitutional corporations
- 247 247 Severability
- 248 248 Application of the Trade Practices Act 1974
- 249 249 Relocation of abandoned aircraft etc.
- 250 250 Access to airports for defence-related purposes and for emergency or disaster relief
- 251 251 Compensation for access to airports for defence-related purposes and for emergency or disaster relief
- 252 252 Regulations
- 253 253 Repeals
- SCHEDULE (Assented to 9 October 1996)