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AIR SERVICES ACT 1995 - SECT 19

Immunity of AA from State and Territory land use laws

  (1)   Subject to subsection   ( 2), a land use law does not apply in relation to:

  (a)   AA; or

  (b)   the property or transactions of AA; or

  (c)   any act or thing done by or on behalf of AA.

  (2)   Subsection   ( 1) does not apply in relation to any property, transaction, act or thing that is wholly unconnected with the use of land by AA for the purpose of performing any of AA's functions referred to in paragraph   8(1)(a).

  (3)   Nothing in this section implies that a law (other than a land use law) applies in relation to:

  (a)   AA; or

  (b)   the property or transactions of AA; or

  (c)   any act or thing done by or on behalf of AA.

  (4)   In this section:

"land use law"   means a law of a State or Territory, to the extent that the law relates to:

  (a)   the use or proposed use of land or premises; or

  (b)   the environmental consequences of the use of land or premises.

"law"   means a written law of a State or Territory, and includes:

  (a)   subordinate legislation; and

  (b)   a provision of a law.


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