OZONE PROTECTION AND SYNTHETIC GREENHOUSE GAS MANAGEMENT ACT 1989

GRANT OF EXEMPTION UNDER SECTION 40

EXEMPTION No. S40E43641579

THIS EXEMPTION IS IN FORCE DURING THE PERIOD

COMMENCING 23 April 2016 and ENDING ON 22 April 2018

I, Mr Matthew Dadswell, Assistant Secretary Environment Standards Branch, Department of the Environment, delegate of the Minister, grant under subsection 40(3) of the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989(Cth) (the Act) an Exemption under Section 40 (S40E) of the Act to:

AIRBUS GROUP AUSTRALIA PACIFIC LIMITED

(the Exemption Holder)

to:

Import halon fire protection equipment

This exemption is granted subject to the following conditions:

1. The exemption holder must notify the Department of Sustainability, Environment,

Water, Population and Communities of a change of address or any other contact

details, within 30 days of the change occurring.

2.                  The exemption holder must not permit the exemption number to be used by another

person or business.

3.                  This exemption relates solely to the prohibition set out in clause 6 in Schedule 4, of

the Act and the products to be imported must be:

a. halon fire protection equipment installed or for use in aircraft and essential for aircraft operation; or

b. imported as replacements for either equivalent equipment exported for

servicing or for equipment discharged in service.

4.                  The exemption holder must not cause the halon fire protection equipment to be

discharged during training exercises.1

5.                  The halon products must not be surplus to the minimum requirements for operation

of aircraft in line with Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1988.

Delegate of the Minister

3 June 2016

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1. Under subsection 45B(3) of the Act the use of halon fire protection equipment during a training exercise is treated as not being used for its designed purpose.