Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1992 No. 255 FEDERAL AIRPORTS CORPORATION REGULATIONS - REG 8

8. (1) The Chief Executive Officer may:

   (a)  grant a works licence to an applicant for a works licence; or

   (b)  grant a rights licence to an applicant for a rights licence.

(2) The Chief Executive Officer must not grant a licence to an applicant
unless the Chief Executive Officer is satisfied that the applicant, the
applicant's employees and the applicant's minor contractors:

   (a)  will act in accordance with the environmental standards that are
        applicable to the works or the rights referred to in the application;
        and

   (b)  will not interfere, when carrying out the works or exercising the
        rights referred to in the application, with the implementation by any
        other person of any of the environmental standards.

(3) If the Chief Executive Officer grants a works licence, it must:

   (a)  be in writing; and

   (b)  set out the part of the works that the licensee is authorised to carry
        out.

(4) A works licence authorises the licensee to carry out the part of the works
that is referred to in the licence.

(5) If the Chief Executive Officer grants a rights licence, it must:

   (a)  be in writing; and

   (b)  set out those of the rights that the licensee is authorised to
        exercise.

(6) A rights licence authorises the licensee to exercise the part of the
rights that is referred to in the licence.

(7) If the Chief Executive Officer refuses to grant a licence, he or she must
give the applicant a notice that includes:

   (a)  the reasons for the decision; and

   (b)  a statement to the effect that, subject to the Administrative Appeals 
        Tribunal Act 1975 , an application may be made to the Administrative
        Appeals Tribunal for review of the decision; and

   (c)  except where subsection 28 (4) of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal 
        Act 1975 applies-a statement to the effect that a person whose
        interests are affected by the decision may request a statement under
        section 28 of that Act.

(8) The validity of a refusal to grant a licence is not affected by a failure
to comply with subregulation (7).