Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00986:reg:1:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00986
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 1 (pt 2/35)
Character Range: 8594–11382

or
 (c) the Spectrum Management Agency.
Secretary means the Secretary to the Department.
State includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
works includes:
 (a) earthworks or engineering works (within the meaning of subsection 98(3) of the Act); and
 (b) electrical works; and
 (c) hydraulic works.
works expert, for building activity on an airport site, means a person generally recognised within the building industry as having expert knowledge about, or qualifications for, the carrying out of works, and includes:
 (a) a person:
 (i) licensed to practice as an engineer in the State; or
 (ii) qualified for the carrying out of that type of building activity; and
 (b) the person responsible for the building activity, or any stage of the building activity; and
 (c) a corporation that carries on the business of being a works expert.
works permit see subregulation 2.02(2).
 (2) An expression used in these Regulations and in Division 5 of Part 5 of the Act has the same meaning in these Regulations as in that Division.
 (3) An expression used in these Regulations and in the Airports Regulations 1997 has the same meaning in these Regulations as in those Regulations.
 (4) A reference in these Regulations to Australian building standards:
 (a) for a building activity other than demolition—is a reference to:
 (i) the Building Code, as the Code is applied in the State in which the building activity is taking place; or
 (ii) if the Building Code does not apply to the building activity, or a part of the building activity—standards determined by the airport building controller, in writing, to be applicable to the building activity, or part, having regard to customary standards for the kind of activity being carried out; or
 (b) for a demolition—is a reference to Australian Standard AS 2601‑1991, The demolition of Structures, as in force, or existing, from time to time.
 (5) A reference in these Regulations to the airport building controller, for an airport site for which the Secretary has not appointed an airport building controller, is a reference to the Secretary.
 (6) A reference in these Regulations to an appropriate building expert, for a part of a building activity, is a reference to a building expert having the qualifications appropriate for the carrying out of that part.

Part 2—Building activity approvals

2.01  Purpose of Part
  The purpose of this Part is:
 (a) to establish a system for approval of appropriate building activities on airport sites; and
 (b) to exempt certain building activities from Subdivision C of Division 5 of Part 5 of the Act.
Note: The requirement to obtain a building approval is affected by regulation 2.25.

2.02  Application for approval to carry out building activity
 (1A) The following persons