Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AIRPORTS ACT 1996 No. 42, 1996 - SECT 249

(1) If:

   (a)  an aircraft at an airport site is interfering, or is likely to
        interfere, with the operation of the airport; and

   (b)  the aircraft is in a state of disrepair or is apparently abandoned; an
        airport-operator company for the airport may, with the approval of the
        Secretary to the Department, cause the aircraft to be moved to another
        part of the airport, so long as that movement is carried out with
        reasonable care.

(2) A person is not liable to an action or other proceeding, whether civil or
criminal, for or in relation to an act done in accordance with subsection (1).

(3) The Secretary may, by writing, delegate to a person holding or performing
the duties of a Senior Executive Service office in the Department all or any
of the Secretary's powers under this section.

(4) This section has effect in addition to, and not instead of, regulations
under the Air Services Act 1995.

(5) Subsection (1) does not limit, restrict or otherwise affect any right or
remedy the company would have if this section had not been enacted.

(6) In addition to its effect apart from this section, this section has the
effect it would have if each reference to an airport-operator company were, by
express provision, confined to an airport-operator company that is a
constitutional corporation.

(7) In this section:
aircraft includes an object that was designed or adapted for use as an
aircraft but is incapable of being so used because:

   (a)  one or more parts have been removed from it; or

   (b)  it is in a wrecked or damaged condition.
Senior Executive Service office has the same meaning as in the Public Service
Act 1922.