Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AIRPORTS ACT 1996 No. 42, 1996 - SECT 99

Contravention by an airport-lessee company

(1) An airport-lessee company for an airport must not:

   (a)  carry out a building activity on the airport site; or

   (b)  cause or permit to be carried out on the airport site a building
        activity; unless:

   (c)  carrying out the activity is in accordance with an approval granted
        under regulations made for the purposes of this Subdivision; or

   (d)  all of the following conditions are satisfied:

        (i)    the activity is of a kind declared by the regulations to be
               exempt from this Subdivision;

        (ii)   in a case where a final master plan is in force for the
               airport-the activity is consistent with the plan;

        (iii)  in a case where the building activity is an element of a major
               airport development (within the meaning of Division 4) and a
               major development plan is in force for that development-the
               activity is consistent with the plan.

Offence

(2) A company that intentionally or recklessly contravenes subsection (1) is
guilty of an offence punishable on conviction by a fine not exceeding 250
penalty units.

Contravention by a person other than an airport-lessee company

(3) A person other than an airport-lessee company must not:

   (a)  carry out a building activity on an airport site; or

   (b)  cause or permit to be carried out on an airport site a building
        activity; unless:

   (c)  carrying out the activity is in accordance with an approval granted
        under regulations made for the purposes of this Subdivision; or

   (d)  all of the following conditions are satisfied:

        (i)    the activity is of a kind declared by the regulations to be
               exempt from this Subdivision;

        (ii)   in a case where a final master plan is in force for the
               airport-the activity is consistent with the plan;

        (iii)  in a case where the building activity is an element of a major
               airport development (within the meaning of Division 4) and a
               major development plan is in force for that development-the
               activity is consistent with the plan.

Offence

(4) A person who intentionally or recklessly contravenes subsection (3) is
guilty of an offence punishable on conviction by a fine not exceeding 50
penalty units.