Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
"Act" means the Airports Act 1996 .
"air pollution" has the meaning given in regulation 2.01.
"airport environment officer" means a person appointed under regulation 10.01.
"airport-sourced" pollution or noise means pollution or noise generated by an activity carried out at an airport.
"at an airport" includes under and over an airport.
"Australian Standard" means a standard published by Standards Australia as an Australian Standard.
"deal with" includes convey, create, dispose of, distribute, generate, handle, keep, manufacture, produce, sell, store and use.
"document" includes a part of a document and a reproduction of a document, or part.
Note: For the meaning of document , see section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .
"generation" :
(a) of pollution, means emission and transmission of pollution in any way; and
(b) of noise, means emission and transmission of noise in any way.
"level" , of a pollutant, means:
(a) quantity of the pollutant; or
(b) concentration of the pollutant.
"NATA" means the National Association of Testing Authorities.
"noise control equipment" means equipment to prevent, minimise, measure, record or monitor the generation of excessive noise.
"offensive noise" has the meaning given in regulation 2.04.
"operator" has the meaning given in regulation 1.07.
"pollution" includes air pollution, water pollution and soil pollution.
"pollution control equipment" means equipment to prevent, minimise, measure, record or monitor the generation of pollution.
"rescue and fire fighting service" means a rescue and fire fighting service in accordance with Annex 14 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation done at Chicago on 7 December 1944.
"soil pollution" has the meaning given in regulation 2.03.
"State" includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
"undertaking" at an airport has the meaning given in regulation 1.07.
"USEPA" means the Environment Protection Agency of the United States of America.
"waste" includes, whether or not it has a value or use:
(a) refuse in any form; and
(b) discarded or disused plant or equipment; and
(c) an industrial byproduct.
Note: Examples of waste included are:
(a) waste oil and oil containers; and
(b) surplus or spent chemicals, paints and solvents and their containers; and
(c) sewage; and
(d) waste paper, litter and food scraps.
"water pollution" has the meaning given in regulation 2.02.
Note: Several other words and expressions used in these Regulations have the meaning given by section 5 of the Act. For example:
ï‚· airport lease
ï‚· airport - lessee company
ï‚· airport - management company
ï‚· airport site
ï‚· environment strategy.
(2) An expression used in both these regulations and the Airports Regulations has, unless the contrary intention appears, the same meaning in these Regulations as in those Regulations.