•   Airport - operator companies for Sydney (Kingsford - Smith) and Melbourne form a pair .

•   Airport - operator companies for Sydney (Kingsford - Smith) and Brisbane form a pair .

•   Airport - operator companies for Sydney (Kingsford - Smith) and Perth form a pair .

•   There is a 15% limit on the cross - ownership of paired companies.

•   The Minister may declare a person to have practical control of an airport - operator company.

•   If the person covered by the declaration has practical control of, or a stake of more than 15% in, each of the members of a pair, the person must take steps to ensure that there is at least one member of the pair where the person does not have:

  (a)   a stake of more than 15%; or

  (b)   practical control.