Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AIRPORTS ACT 1996 No. 42, 1996 - SECT 199

(1) In deciding whether to make a declaration under section 198 about an
airport, the Minister must have regard to the following matters:

   (a)  whether demand for the handling of aircraft movements at the airport
        exceeds, or is likely to exceed, the declared capacity of the airport;

   (b)  the effectiveness of any existing or proposed arrangements for
        self-management or self-regulation of demand for the handling of
        aircraft movements at the airport;

   (c)  the impact of the airport-lessee company's existing or proposed
        pricing arrangements on demand for the handling of aircraft movements
        at the airport;

   (d)  the extent, or likely extent, of congestion at the airport;

   (e)  existing or proposed laws or other controls relating to environmental
        matters (including noise matters);

   (f)  Australia's international obligations.

(2) Subsection (1) does not, by implication, limit the matters to which the
Minister may have regard.