Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) In deciding whether to make a declaration under section 198 about an airport, the Minister must have regard to the following matters:
(a) whether demand for the handling of aircraft movements at the airport exceeds, or is likely to exceed, the declared capacity of the airport;
(b) the effectiveness of any existing or proposed arrangements for self - management or self - regulation of demand for the handling of aircraft movements at the airport;
(c) the impact of the airport - lessee company's existing or proposed pricing arrangements on demand for the handling of aircraft movements at the airport;
(d) the extent, or likely extent, of congestion at the airport;
(e) existing or proposed laws or other controls relating to environmental matters (including noise matters);
(f) Australia's international obligations.
(2) Subsection (1) does not, by implication, limit the matters to which the Minister may have regard.