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motor vehicles or a class of motor vehicles (e.g. vehicle weight and size). Such closures will be indicated by appropriate signage at a point or points where a vehicle would ordinarily enter the road or track.

Air access

Background
Bininj/Mungguy use aircraft for wet-season access to isolated communities and outstations and to remote areas for ceremonies. Visitors, commercial interests and service providers also use aircraft to access the park and to undertake a range of activities such as scenic flights, image capture and research. Aircraft, both fixed wing and helicopters, are used by park staff as necessary for management purposes and responding to emergencies.
To balance the interests of visitors on scenic flights and those on the ground, and to protect the peace and privacy of park residents, the Director, in consultation with the then civil aviation regulator (now Airservices Australia) and local scenic flight operators, developed a Fly Neighbourly Advice (FNA) in 1996, and updated it in 2010 in consultation with industry. The FNA (also known as a Fly Neighbourly Agreement or Policy) describes recommended routes and height and lateral separations for flights over the park, and is included in the En-Route Supplement Australia issued for pilots by Airservices Australia.
Under the EPBC Regulations (r.12.36) commercial flights operated over the park up to 3,000 metres above sea level (other than flights on approved flight paths to or from an airport) are deemed to be carried on in the park and need to be authorised by a permit or this plan. The Regulations (r.12.58) also prohibit landing and take-off of aircraft in the park except in areas that the Director determines may be used for that purpose (or in an emergency). The definition of 'aircraft' in the EPBC Act includes any apparatus that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air, such as gliders, hang-gliders, para-sailers, parachutes and similar equipment. Further policies and actions relating to these activities are in Section 10.7 (Recreational activities).
Policies

     10.4.8          Aircraft engaged in regular commercial and service delivery activities such as passenger transport, charter operations and medical transport to and from Jabiru or Cooinda airfields may be operated in the airspace over the park up to 3,000 metres above mean sea level without a permit from the Director.

     10.4.9          Aircraft may be operated for other commercial purposes (such as scenic flights) in the airspace over the park up to 3,000 metres above mean sea level without a permit issued by the Director provided the activity is undertaken in accordance with the Fly Neighbourly Agreement.

     10.4.10      The Fly Neighbourly Agreement will provide details about the appropriate flying routes and use of aircraft over the park.

     10.4.11      Permits may be issued for