Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AIRPORTS ACT 1996 - SECT 199

             (1)  In deciding whether to make a declaration under section 198 about an airport, the Minister must have regard to the following matters:

                     (a)  whether demand for the handling of aircraft movements at the airport exceeds, or is likely to exceed, the declared capacity of the airport;

                     (b)  the effectiveness of any existing or proposed arrangements for self-management or self-regulation of demand for the handling of aircraft movements at the airport;

                     (c)  the impact of the airport-lessee company's existing or proposed pricing arrangements on demand for the handling of aircraft movements at the airport;

                     (d)  the extent, or likely extent, of congestion at the airport;

                     (e)  existing or proposed laws or other controls relating to environmental matters (including noise matters);

                      (f)  Australia's international obligations.

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not, by implication, limit the matters to which the Minister may have regard.