Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00497:section:15
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00497
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 15
Character Range: 19609–21524

15  Jet aircraft under 34,000 kilograms that comply with noise standards and that are specified by the Minister
 (1) Subject to section 17, a jet aircraft of a type specified in a legislative instrument made under subsection (2) may:
 (a) take off from runway 16R during a curfew period if the start of roll is from south of the intersection of that runway and taxiway G; or
 (b) land on runway 34L during a curfew period.
 (2) Subject to subsections (5) and (6), the Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify a type of jet aircraft that:
 (a) has a maximum take‑off weight of 34,000 kilograms or less; and
 (b) complies with the maximum noise levels specified in Chapter 3 of the Annex that are applicable to the maximum take‑off weight of the aircraft (whether or not the Chapter is expressed to apply to the aircraft); and
 (c) complies with the 90‑95 noise level rule specified in subsection (3).
 (3) A type of aircraft complies with the 90‑95 rule if aircraft of that type have a noise level that:
 (a) on take‑off:
 (i) does not exceed 90 EPNdB; or
 (ii) if the amount in excess of 90 EPNdB is offset by a maximum noise level on landing that is correspondingly lower than the amount specified in subparagraph (b)(i) for landing noise—does not exceed 92 EPNdB; and
 (b) on landing:
 (i) does not exceed 95 EPNdB; or
 (ii) if the amount in excess of 95 EPNdB is offset by a maximum noise level on take‑off that is correspondingly lower than the amount specified in subparagraph (a)(i)—does not exceed 97 EPNdB.
 (4) In subsection (3), noise level, expressed as a figure of EPNdB, means the effective perceived noise in decibels:
 (a) measured by reference to the test procedures specified in Chapter 3 of the Annex; and
 (b) certified in a noise certificate.
 (6) The consultation procedures set out in the Schedule apply if the Minister proposes to make a legislative instrument under subsection (2).