Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

AIRPORTS (ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION) REGULATIONS 1997

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   1.01.   Citation  
   1.02.   Objects  
   1.03.   Limited application to aircraft activities  
   1.04.   Effect on other laws  
   1.05.   Definitions  
   1.06.   References to Australian Standards ("AS")  
   1.07.   Who is an operator of an undertaking at an airport  
   1.08.   Testing standards  
   2.01.   What is air pollution  
   2.02.   What is water pollution  
   2.03.   What is soil pollution  
   2.04.   What is offensive noise  
   3.01.   Application  
   3.02.   Participation by operators of undertakings at an airport  
   3.03.   Sites of indigenous significance  
   3.04.   Operations other than airport operations  
   3.05.   Environment management training  
   3.06.   Management of airport site  
   3.07.   Identification of environmentally significant areas of airport site  
   3.08.   Identification of sources of environmental impact at airport  
   3.09.   Proposed studies, reviews and monitoring  
   3.10.   Proposed measures for preventing, controlling or reducing environmental impact  
   3.11.   Sublessees and licensees to be aware of strategy  
   4.01.   General duty to avoid polluting  
   4.02.   Assumed compliance with general duty  
   4.03.   Duty - pollution control equipment  
   4.04.   General duty to preserve  
   4.05.   Duty to give notice of cultural, etc., discovery  
   4.06.   General duty to prevent offensive noise occurring  
   4.07.   Assumed compliance with general duty  
   4.08.   Duty - noisy, or potentially noisy, equipment  
   4.09.   Duty - noise control equipment  
   5.01.   Purpose  
   5.02.   Airport-lessee company may initiate consultations  
   5.03.   Application to Minister  
   5.04.   Determination of application  
   5.05.   Notification of determination  
   5.06.   Effect of authorisation  
   5.07.   Application for authorisation  
   5.08.   Certain applications to be advertised  
   5.09.   Determination of application  
   5.10.   Notification of decision  
   5.11.   Authorisation holder to comply with plan  
   5.12.   Duration of authorisations  
   5.13.   Urgently required authorisations  
   5.14.   Notification to airport-lessee company  
   5.15.   Public notification  
   5.16.   Authorisations may be varied or revoked  
   5.17.   Annual report by holder  
   5.18.   Failure to comply with condition of authorisation  
   5.19.   Authorisation may be transferred  
   6.01.   Existing pollution to be reported  
   6.02.   Airport-lessee company to monitor pollution levels  
   6.03.   Annual report  
   6.04.   Additional reporting requirements  
   6.05.   Duties of sublessees and licensees  
   6.06.   Inaccurate or incomplete report to be corrected  
   6.07.   Duty to assess soil condition  
   6.08.   Assessment of contamination of soil  
   6.09.   Expert site examination  
   6.10.   Eligible persons to be appointed assessor  
   6.11.   Conduct of examination  
   6.12.   Site investigator's report  
   6.13.   Assessor's report  
   6.14.   Occupier may prepare remedial plan  
   6.15.   Reporting of plan  
   6.16.   Duty of airport environment officer to monitor plan  
   6.17.   Interpretation  
   6.18.   Power to order remedial work  
   6.19.   Power to enter and perform remedial work  
   7.01.   Pollution  
   7.02.   Preservation of habitat, etc.  
   7.03.   Excessive noise  
   7.04.   Order must not conflict with authorisation  
   7.05.   Compliance with order  
   7.06.   Compliance with condition of authorisation  
   7.07.   Character of environmental harm  
   7.08.   Offence  
   8.01.   Continuing offences  
   8.02.   Purpose of this Division  
   8.03.   Infringement notices  
   8.04.   Extension of time to pay  
   8.05.   Payment by instalments  
   8.06.   If infringement notice disputed  
   8.07.   Payment of penalty if infringement notice not withdrawn  
   8.08.   Effect of payment of infringement notice penalty  
   8.09.   Admissions under paragraph 8.03 (2) (h)  
   8.10.   Matter not to be taken into account in determining sentence  
   8.11.   Refund of infringement notice penalty if notice withdrawn  
   8.12.   Evidence for hearing  
   8.13.   Payment of penalty by cheque  
   8.14.   Infringement notice not compulsory, etc.  
   9.01.   Decisions reviewable by Secretary  
   9.02.   Review by Secretary  
   9.03.   Secretary to obtain advice  
   9.04.   Interpretation  
   9.05.   Statement to accompany notification of reviewable decisions  
   9.06.   AAT review of decisions  
   10.01.  Airport environment officers  
   10.02.  Airport environment officer's records  
   10.03.  Oversight of airport environment officer  
   10.04.  Giving notices, directions, etc.  
   10.05.  Immunity from certain liability  
   10.06.  Confidential information in hands of airport environment officer  
   11.01.  Commenced actions that are otherwise lawful  
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