Airports (Environment Protection) Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 187

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the Airports Act 1996.

Dated 2 August 2012

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

ANTHONY ALBANESE

Minister for Infrastructure and Transport

1 Name of regulation

  This regulation is the Airports (Environment Protection) Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  This regulation commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Amendment of Airports (Environment Protection) Regulations 1997

  Schedule 1 amends the Airports (Environment Protection) Regulations 1997.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(section 3)

[1] Regulation 1.03A

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131A (b)

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131A (1) (b)

[2] Subregulation 1.05 (1), definition of site of indigenous significance

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[3] Subregulation 1.05 (1), after definition of water pollution

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Note   Several other words and expressions used in these Regulations have the meaning given by section 5 of the Act. For example:

 airport lease

 airport-lessee company

 airport-management company

 airport site

 environment strategy.

[4] Part 3

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[5] Paragraphs 4.04 (1) (b) and (c)

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 (b) there are no adverse consequences for:

 (i) a species or ecological community listed as threatened under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999; or

 (iii) sites of indigenous significance on the airport site; and

 (c) if it is reasonably discoverable that, at the airport site, there is a listed threatened species or ecological community—the operation, or other work, is not inconsistent with action intended to lessen the threat to the species or ecological community; and

[6] Subregulation 4.04 (2)

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Endangered Species Act 1992

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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

[7] Paragraph 5.04 (2) (c) and 5.09 (2) (g)

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draft, or final, environment strategy, as the case may be; and

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environment strategy; and

[8] Paragraph 6.02 (2) (a)

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regulation 3.09

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subregulation 5.02B (5) of the Airports Regulations 1997

[9] Paragraph 6.02 (2) (b)

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paragraph 3.09 (d)

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paragraph 5.02B (5) (d) of the Airports Regulations 1997

[10] Subregulation 6.02 (4)

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[11] Paragraph 6.03 (1) (a)

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paragraph 6.02 (3)

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subregulation 6.02 (3)

[12] Paragraph 6.07 (1) (b)

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paragraph 116 (2) (b) or (3) (b)

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subparagraph 71 (2) (h) (ii) or (3) (h) (ii)

[13] Schedule 4, paragraphs 2.05 (2) (b) and (3) (e) and subparagraph 4.01 (2) (b) (ii)

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final environment strategy

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final master plan

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