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In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Federal Airports Corporation Act 19864.

Interpretation

22. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following definition:

" 'Federal airport development site' means a place in respect of which a declaration under section 26A or paragraph 26B(1)(a) is in force;".

Functions of the Corporation

23. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after paragraph (a) the following paragraph:

    "(aa) to establish airports at Federal airport development sites;".

Extent of functions of Corporation

24. Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection:

"(2A) Nothing in paragraph (2)(f) or (g) is to be taken to prevent the Corporation from establishing airports at Federal airport development sites under paragraph 6(aa).".

25. After section 26 of the Principal Act the following sections are inserted:

Declaration of place as a Federal airport development site

"26A.(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may declare that a place is a Federal airport development site.

"(2) A declaration under subsection (1):

    (a) must be made by notice published in the Gazette; and

    (b) must be made only in respect of a place that consists of or includes land that is owned by either the Commonwealth or the Corporation; and

    (c) must specify the name by which the site is to be known; and

    (d) must specify the day on which the declaration is to come into effect; and

    (e) may relate to 2 or more places.

"(3) The day specified under paragraph (2)(d) must be later than the day on which the notice is published in the Gazette.

"(4) If a declaration relates to 2 or more places, the places need not be contiguous.

Variation of Federal airport development site

"26B.(1) The Minister may:

    (a) declare that a place owned by the Commonwealth or the Corporation is to form part of a Federal airport development site; or

    (b) declare that a place is to cease to be part of a Federal airport development site; or

    (c) declare that a place is to cease to be a Federal airport development site.

"(2) A declaration under subsection (1):

    (a) may be made only on the recommendation of the Board; and

    (b) must be made by notice published in the Gazette; and

    (c) must specify the day on which the declaration is to come into effect.

"(3) The day specified under paragraph (2)(c) must be later than the day on which the notice is published in the Gazette.".

How a place ceases to be a Federal airport development site

"26C. If:

    (a) a place is a Federal airport development site; and

    (b) a declaration in respect of the place is