Airports (Protection of Airspace) Legislation (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026

I, the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 5 March 2026

Sam Mostyn AC

Governor‑General

By Her Excellency’s Command

Catherine King

Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Part 1—Main amendments

Airports Regulations 2024

Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998

Part 2—Other amendments

Airports (Building Control) Regulations 2025

Schedule 2—Repeals

Airports (Protection of Airspace) Regulations 1996

1  Name

  This instrument is the Airports (Protection of Airspace) Legislation (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under the following:

 (a) the Airports Act 1996;

 (b) the Civil Aviation Act 1988.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Part 1—Main amendments

Airports Regulations 2024

1  Paragraph 15(1)(a)

Omit “OLS or PANS‑OPS surfaces”, substitute “OLS or TIFPOP surfaces”.

2  Subsection 15(3)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

 (3) In this section:

OLS has the same meaning as in the Airports (Protection of Airspace) Regulations 2026.

TIFPOP surface has the same meaning as in the Airports (Protection of Airspace) Regulations 2026.

3  In the appropriate position in Part 8

Insert:

37  Amendments made by the Airports (Protection of Airspace) Legislation (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026

The amendments of section 15 of this instrument made by the Airports (Protection of Airspace) Legislation (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 apply in relation to:

 (a) a draft master plan for an airport given to the Minister under section 81 or 81A of the Act on or after the commencement of this item; and

 (b) a final master plan that comes into force under section 83 of the Act on or after the commencement of this item, where the draft master plan was given to the Minister on or after that commencement.

Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998

4  Paragraph 139.015(b)

Omit “Airports (Protection of Airspace) Regulations 1996”, substitute “Airports (Protection of Airspace) Regulations 2026”.

5  Regulation 139.185 (paragraph (c) of the note)

Omit “Airports (Protection of Airspace) Regulations 1996”, substitute “Airports (Protection of Airspace) Regulations 2026”.

Part 2—Other amendments

Airports (Building Control) Regulations 2025

6  Paragraph 22(b)

Omit “the airport‑lessee company for the airport, or the Secretary,”, substitute “the Secretary”.

Schedule 2—Repeals

Airports (Protection of Airspace) Regulations 1996

1  The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.