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
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
omit
131A (b)
insert
131A (1) (b)
[2] Subregulation 1.05 (1), definition of site of indigenous significance
omit
[3] Subregulation 1.05 (1), after definition of water pollution
insert
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
omit
[5] Paragraphs 4.04 (1) (b) and (c)
substitute
(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)
omit
Endangered Species Act 1992
insert
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
[7] Paragraph 5.04 (2) (c) and 5.09 (2) (g)
omit
draft, or final, environment strategy, as the case may be; and
insert
environment strategy; and
[8] Paragraph 6.02 (2) (a)
omit
regulation 3.09
insert
subregulation 5.02B (5) of the Airports Regulations 1997
[9] Paragraph 6.02 (2) (b)
omit
paragraph 3.09 (d)
insert
paragraph 5.02B (5) (d) of the Airports Regulations 1997
[10] Subregulation 6.02 (4)
omit
[11] Paragraph 6.03 (1) (a)
omit
paragraph 6.02 (3)
insert
subregulation 6.02 (3)
[12] Paragraph 6.07 (1) (b)
omit
paragraph 116 (2) (b) or (3) (b)
insert
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)
omit
final environment strategy
insert
final master plan
Note
1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See www.comlaw.gov.au.