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1998-1999-2000-2001
THE
PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
(Circulated
by authority of the Minister for Transport and Regional Services,
the
Honourable John Anderson, MP)
ISBN: 0642 466424
The purpose of the Bill is to give effect to the Government’s
decision to refine its demand management strategy to address the growth in air
traffic at Kingsford Smith Airport (KSA). The provisions contained in the Bill
will promote more effective slot management at KSA by ensuring that the regime
under Part IIIA of the Trade Practices Act 1974 which allows access to
declared services will not be used to override the Slot Management Scheme. The
Bill also brings the slot management arrangement at KSA in line with the
arrangements under the Airports Act 1996 for core regulated
airports.
In conjunction with the amendment of the Sydney Airport
Demand Management Act 1997 (the Act), the Slot Management Scheme will be
amended to cap regional slots allocated in peak periods at current levels and
introduce an aircraft seat limit for allocating new slots and give higher
priority to larger aircraft.
There is no financial impact.
SYDNEY AIRPORT DEMAND MANAGEMENT AMENDMENT BILL 2001
NOTES ON CLAUSES
Clause 1: Short
Title
1. The Bill, when enacted, will be known as the Sydney
Airport Demand Management Amendment Act 2001.
Clause 2:
Commencement
2. The Bill will commence on the day it receives Royal
Assent.
Clause 3: Schedule
3. The Schedule sets out the
amendments to the Sydney Airport Demand Management Act
1997.
SCHEDULE 1 – SYDNEY AIRPORT DEMAND MANAGEMENT ACT 1997
Item 1 – New Section 5A
This item will add a
new section 5A to provide that Part IIIA of the Trade Practices Act 1974
has effect subject to the provisions of this Bill.
Item 2
– New Subsection 35(1A)
This item will add a new subsection
that will provide that the Slot Management Scheme established under the Act may
deal with the allocation of slots for specified categories of aircraft
movements, effectively allowing the Slot Manager to allocate and administer
slots for specified categories of aircraft movements, for example for movements
of aircraft of specified sizes and for specified air service types.