Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AIRPORTS ACT 1996 - SECT 251A

Other leases

  (1)   Neither this Act nor the Airports (Transitional) Act 1996 prevents the Commonwealth from granting a lease of a part of the airport site of Sydney West Airport otherwise than under section   13 of this Act or section   21 or 22 of the Airports (Transitional) Act 1996 .

  (2)   A lease granted as mentioned in subsection   (1) is taken not to be an airport lease for the purposes of this Act.

  (3)   If:

  (a)   a lease was granted by the Commonwealth before the commencement of the regulation that inserted a paragraph relating to Sydney West Airport in subregulation   1.03(1) of the Airports Regulations   1997 ; and

  (b)   after that commencement, the leased area is a part of the airport site of Sydney West Airport;

the lease is taken not to be an airport lease for the purposes of this Act.

Note:   Regulation   1.03 of the Airports Regulations   1997 declares certain places to be airport sites.

Powers of the Commonwealth

  (4)   The Commonwealth has power to do all things necessary or convenient to be done for or in connection with the development or use of Sydney West Airport.

  (5)   The powers of the Commonwealth include, but are not limited to, the power to form, or participate in the formation of, a company.