OZONE PROTECTION AND SYNTHETIC GREENHOUSE GAS

MANAGEMENT ACT 1989

 

SECTION 40 EXEMPTION

 

Exemption No. S40E25120867

 

THIS EXEMPTION IS IN FORCE DURING THE PERIOD

 

COMMENCING 01 January 2012 and ENDING ON 31 December 2013

 

I, Mr Matthew Dadswell, Assistant Secretary Environment Standards Branch,

exercising delegations granted on 6th December 2011, under subsection 40(3) of the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989, grant an exemption under section 40 of the Act to:

 

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA AIRLINES PTY LTD

(the Exemption Holder)

 

to:

 

Import halon fire protection equipment installed or for use in aircraft or essential for aircraft operation

 

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 commercial 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.

 

 

Mr Matthew Dadwell

Delegate of the Minister

22 December 2011

 

 

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