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Airports Act and Regulations rewrite consultation begins - 

Via AOPA Oz on Youtube (from about 30:30 to 36:45): 

And via the Department website: 

Modernising Australia’s airport regulations

The Issue
The Australian Government is reviewing 6 legislative instruments under the Airports Act 1996 due to sunset on 1 April 2024. The review presents an opportunity to examine the regulations thematically and modernise the current framework to reduce regulatory burden on the airports and related stakeholders, particularly as the sector adapts to the impacts of COVID-19.

The regulations under review are:

Airports (Building Control) Regulations 1996
Airports (Control of On-Airport Activities) Regulations 1997
Airports (Environment Protection) Regulations 1997
Airports (Ownership—Interests in Shares) Regulations 1996
Airports (Protection of Airspace) Regulations 1996, and
Airports Regulations 1997.
The review will be staged as follows and each stage will have an associated period of consultation:

Stage 1a: Cutting red tape, duplication, inconsistencies and reporting; leasing and management of airports; airport ownership.
S1b (expected early 2022): Modernising the Act including examining the definition of an airport site and infringement notice schemes.
Stage 2 (expected mid-2022): Streamlining Commonwealth responsibilities; control of on-airport activities; and quality of service monitoring, reports and accounting.
Stage 3 (expected late 2022-early 2023): Increasing flexibility and modernising environment protection, building control and protection of airspace.
Stage 4: Legislative reform (2023): Amendments to the Airports Act 1996.
This consultation relates to Stage 1a of the sunsetting review process. You are invited to submit a response to Stage 1a to help inform the regulatory amendments and where relevant, the development of further stages.

Stage 1a aims to reduce red tape, duplication, reporting and inconsistencies, through review of the following areas:

subleasing and licensing arrangements
streamlining reporting timeframes relating to ownership, and aligning reporting with processes across government, and
clarifying and simplifying legislative language.
Other issues relating to the Airport Regulations 1997 which have been identified for review, including the management of airports, land use, planning, environment and building controls, will be consulted on as part of latter stages of the review.

You can have your say by making a submission below or by emailing the Aviation Reform team.

If you previously made a submission to a recent (2020-2021) departmental process relating to aviation, we will consider the views expressed in your submission for this process.

Plus: https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/sites/...on-ris.pdf

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