OZONE PROTECTION AND SYNTHETIC GREENHOUSE GAS MANAGEMENT ACT 1989

 

GRANT OF EXEMPTION UNDER SECTION 40

 

EXEMPTION No. S40E16741974  

 

THIS EXEMPTION IS IN FORCE DURING THE PERIOD

 

COMMENCING 1 April 2014 and ENDING ON 31 March 2016

 

 

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

exercising delegations granted on Tuesday, 9 October 2012, under subsection 40(3) of the

Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989 (the Act), grant an exemption under section 40 of the Act to:

 

Tadmar Investments Pty Ltd as Trustee for The Davies Family Trust

(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 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

 

 

18 March 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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.