Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsAirservices Australia's monitoring role
(1) * Airservices Australia is to monitor compliance with the * maximum movement limit, and (subject to subsection (5)) is to give the Minister a written report, within 28 days of the end of each quarter, on the extent of infringements (if any) of the limit in the quarter.
(2) A quarter is a period of 3 months starting on any of the following dates in a year:
(a) 1 January;
(b) 1 April;
(c) 1 July;
(d) 1 October.
(3) The Minister must cause a copy of each report under subsection (1) to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the day on which the Minister receives the report.
(4) * Airservices Australia's obligations under this section are limited to monitoring compliance with the * maximum movement limit and reporting to the Minister on the extent of infringements. This monitoring and reporting role does not authorise or require Airservices Australia to take any action to enforce compliance with the limit.
What happens if this section commences during a quarter
(5) If this section commences during a quarter (but not on the first day of the quarter):
(a) no report is to be made at the end of the quarter; but
(b) the report made at the end of the next quarter is also to include the information about infringements that occurred in the previous quarter.
What happens if Airservices Australia ceases to provide air traffic services at Sydney Airport
(6) If * Airservices Australia ceases to provide air traffic services at Sydney Airport, this section ceases to apply to Airservices Australia.
(7) The Minister may enter into an arrangement with another person who does, or is to, provide air traffic services at Sydney Airport under which the person will perform a monitoring role similar to the role that * Airservices Australia performed under this section. Reports received by the Minister under the arrangement are to be tabled in accordance with the requirements of subsection (3).