Airports Amendment Bill 2018

Previous Citations
  • Airports Amendment Bill 2016
Type
Government
Portfolio
Infrastructure and Transport
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the Airports Act 1996 to: implement a differential master plan submission cycle for federal leased airports (excluding Mount Isa and Tennant Creek); mandate the inclusion of an Australian Noise Exposure Forecast in each new master plan; increase the monetary trigger for major development plans (MDPs) from $20 million to $35 million and enable the minister to review and revise the monetary trigger every three years; specify a 15 business day statutory timeframe within which the minister must consider applications from airport-lessee companies for reduced consultation periods for MDPs, with such applications deemed approved if there is no ministerial decision within this timeframe; enable the minister to extend more than once the period that approved MDPs are required to be substantially completed; enable airport-lessee companies to notify the minister if an approved MDP is not able to proceed on the basis of exceptional circumstances; and make technical amendments.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time 01 Dec 2016
Second reading moved 01 Dec 2016
Second reading debate 27 Jun 2018
Second reading debate 28 Jun 2018
Second reading debate 13 Aug 2018
Second reading agreed to 13 Aug 2018
Consideration in detail debate
  • Amendment details: 2 Opposition agreed to
13 Aug 2018
Third reading agreed to 13 Aug 2018
Senate
Introduced and read a first time 15 Aug 2018
Second reading moved 15 Aug 2018
Second reading debate 12 Sep 2018
Second reading agreed to 12 Sep 2018
Third reading agreed to 12 Sep 2018
Finally passed both Houses 12 Sep 2018
Assent
  • Act no: 107
  • Year: 2018
21 Sep 2018

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

Explanatory memoranda

Proposed amendments

House of representatives

Schedules of amendments

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Text of bill

  • First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
  • Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
  • As passed by both houses: Final text of bill agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate which is presented to the Governor-General for assent.

Explanatory memoranda

  • Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
  • Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
  • Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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