Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AIRPORTS ACT 1996 - SECT 70

  (1)   For each airport, there is to be a final master plan.

Note:   A final master plan is a draft master plan that has been approved by the Minister--see section   83.

  (2)   The purposes of a final master plan for an airport are:

  (a)   to establish the strategic direction for efficient and economic development at the airport over the planning period of the plan; and

  (b)   to provide for the development of additional uses of the airport site; and

  (c)   to indicate to the public the intended uses of the airport site; and

  (d)   to reduce potential conflicts between uses of the airport site, and to ensure that uses of the airport site are compatible with the areas surrounding the airport; and

  (e)   to ensure that all operations at the airport are undertaken in accordance with relevant environmental legislation and standards; and

  (f)   to establish a framework for assessing compliance at the airport with relevant environmental legislation and standards; and

  (g)   to promote the continual improvement of environmental management at the airport.