Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if:
(a) a final master plan for an airport is in force; and
(b) the airport - lessee company for the airport gives the Minister, in writing, a draft variation of the plan; and
(c) the variation is of a minor nature.
(2) The Minister must:
(a) approve the variation; or
(b) refuse to approve the variation.
(3) If the Minister neither approves, nor refuses to approve, the variation before the end of:
(a) the period of 50 business days after the day on which the Minister received the draft variation; or
(b) a longer period (of no more than an extra 10 business days) that the Minister specifies in a written notice to the airport - lessee company;
the Minister is taken, at the end of that period, to have approved the variation under subsection (2).
(3A) A notice made under paragraph (3)(b) is not a legislative instrument.
(4) As soon as practicable after deciding whether to approve the variation, the Minister must notify the company in writing of the decision.
(5) If the Minister refuses to approve the variation, the Minister must notify the company in writing of the Minister's reasons for the refusal.
(6) If the Minister approves the variation, the plan is varied accordingly.