Sydney Airport Curfew (Curfew Aircraft) Instrument 2015

An instrument made under subsection 15(2) of the Sydney Airport Curfew Act 1995 specifying the types of jet aircraft that may take off and land during a curfew period

I, Warren Errol TRUSS, Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, make the following instrument.

Dated 30 January 2015

Warren Truss
Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development

1 Citation

 This instrument may be cited as the Sydney Airport Curfew (Curfew Aircraft) Instrument 2015.

2 Commencement of this Notice

 This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Revocation of previous notice

 The Notice specifying jet aircraft permitted to take-off or land during a curfew period, made on 8 November 2005, is revoked.

4 Authority

 This instrument is made under subsection 15(2) of the Act.

5 Definition

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a) curfew period;

(b) the Annex.

 In this instrument:

 Act means the Sydney Airport Curfew Act 1995.

6 Specification of jet aircraft

Note: This section specifies types of jet aircraft for subsection 15(2) of the Act.  To be specified, a type of jet aircraft must meet the criteria in paragraphs 15(2)(a) to (c) of the Act.

(1) Jet aircraft  identified in any of the following type certificates are specified for the purposes of subsection 15(2) of the Act:

(a) Type Certificate No. A00010WI Revision 9;

(b) Type Certificate No. A00014WI Revision 6;

(c) Type Certificate No. A10CE Revision 66;

(d) Type Certificate No. A12EA Revision 43;

(e) Type Certificate No. A16NM Revision 8;

(f) Type Certificate No. A16SW Revision 28;

(g) Type Certificate No. A1WI Revision 23;

(h) Type Certificate No. A21EA Revision 35;

(i) Type Certificate No. A22CE Revision 66;

(j) Type Certificate No. A2SW Revision 13;

(k) Type Certificate No. A33EU Revision 4;

(l) Type Certificate No. A3EU Revision 42;

(m) Type Certificate No. A46EU Revision 17;

(n) Type Certificate No. A50NM Revision 10;

(o) Type Certificate No. A53NM Revision 8;

(p) Type Certificate No. A59CE Revision 5;

(q) Type Certificate No. A59NM Revision 1;

(r) Type Certificate No. A60CE Revision 8;

(s) Type Certificate No. A61NM Revision 5;

(t) Type Certificate No. A7EU Revision 17;

(u) Type Certificate No. A9NM Revision 26;

(v) Type Certificate No. T00003NY Revision 16;

(w) Type Certificate No. T00005NY Revision 7;

(x) Type Certificate No. T00007WI Revision 14;

(y) Type Certificate No. T00008WI Revision 20;

(z) Type Certificate No. T00011AT Revision 30;

(za) Type Certificate No. T00015AT Revision 7;

(zb) Type Certificate No. T000012WI Revision 9;

(zc) Type Certificate No. T000013WI Revision 12.

 (2) However, a jet aircraft mentioned in paragraphs (1)(d), (v) or (za) that has a maximum take-off weight of more than 34 000 kg is not specified for the purposes of subsection 15(2) of the Act.

(3) Despite subsection (1), a jet aircraft of any of the following types, that does not comply with the maximum noise levels specified in Chapter 4 of the Annex, is specified for the purposes of subsection 15(2) of the Act only until 31 December 2022:

(a) BAe 125 Series 800A, 800A (C—29A), 800A (U-125), 800B, 1000A and 1000B;

(b) Beechcraft 400, 400A (Hawker 400 XP) and 400T;

(c) Cessna Citation 650;

(d) Gulfstream G1159, G1159A and G1159B;

(e) HS 125 Series 400B, 400B/1, F600B, 700A and 700B;

(f) Mystere Falcon Series D, E, F and G.

Note:  The above aircraft are identified in the following:

(a) for an aircraft mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (e)—Type Certificate No. A3EU;

(b) for an aircraft mentioned in paragraph (b)—Type Certificate No. A16SW;

(c) for an aircraft mentioned in paragraph (c)—Type Certificate No. A9NM;

(d) for an aircraft mentioned in paragraph (d)—Type Certificate No. A12EA;

(e) for an aircraft mentioned in paragraph (f)—Type Certificate No. A7EU.