Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

[Index] [Table] [Search] [Search this Act] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help]

AIRPORTS ACT 1996 - SECT 103

Remedial directions

  (1)   If:

  (a)   a building activity is carried out on an airport site; and

  (b)   subsections   (4) and (4A) do not apply to the activity; and

  (c)   either:

  (i)   the activity was not authorised by an approval granted under the regulations; or

  (ii)   if such an approval was granted in relation to the activity--a condition of the approval was contravened;

an authorised person may give another person a written direction requiring the other person:

  (d)   to stop work on; or

  (e)   to carry out remedial work on; or

  (f)   to demolish, dismantle or remove;

the building, structure, earthworks, engineering works, electrical works or hydraulic works concerned.

  (2)   An authorised person must not give another person a direction under this section unless the other person is:

  (a)   an airport - operator company for the airport concerned; or

  (b)   a person who carried out the building activity concerned; or

  (c)   a person who arranged for the carrying out of the building activity concerned.

  (3)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person is subject to a direction under subsection   (1); and

  (b)   the person engages in conduct; and

  (c)   the person's conduct contravenes the direction.

Penalty:   50 penalty units.

  (4)   This subsection applies to a building activity on the airport site for an airport other than Sydney West Airport if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

  (a)   the activity is of a kind declared by the regulations to be exempt from this Subdivision;

  (b)   in a case where a final master plan is in force for the airport--the activity is consistent with the plan;

  (c)   in a case where the building activity is an element of a major airport development--the activity is consistent with a major development plan approved under Division   4 for the development.

  (4A)   This subsection applies to a building activity on the airport site for Sydney West Airport if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

  (a)   the activity is of a kind declared by the regulations to be exempt from this Subdivision;

  (b)   in a case where a final master plan is in force for the airport--the activity is consistent with the plan;

  (c)   in a case where Part   2 of an airport plan for the airport is in force--the activity is consistent with Part   2 of the airport plan;

  (d)   in a case where the building activity is an element of a major airport development--the activity is consistent with a designated SWA instrument that covers the development;

  (e)   in a case where the building activity wholly or partly occurs before the Sydney West Airport completion day, and the building activity is not an element of a major airport development, but is, or comprises part of, a development covered by Part   3 of an airport plan for the airport--the activity is consistent with Part   3 of the airport plan.

Note:   For designated SWA instrument , see section   103A.

  (5)   In this section:

"authorised person" means:

  (a)   the Secretary of the Department; or

  (b)   a person authorised in writing by the Secretary of the Department for the purposes of this section.



AustLII: Copyright Policy | Disclaimers | Privacy Policy | Feedback