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Sydney Airport Slot Management Scheme 2013

I, ANTHONY ALBANESE, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, acting under subsection 44 (2) of the Sydney Airport Demand Management Act 1997:
                (a) determine that the Slot Management Scheme, which is set out in the Slot Management Scheme 1998, is amended by being repealed and replaced with the scheme set out in this determination; and
                (b) specify that the amendment is to come into force on 31 March 2013.

Dated       6 February 2013.

ANTHONY ALBANESE
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport

Sydney Airport Slot Management Scheme 2013

made under subsection 44 (2) of the

Sydney Airport Demand Management Act 1997

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary
1 Citation..............................................
2 Interpretation..........................................
3 Meaning of new entrant
4 Meaning of allocated
5 References to aircraft size................................
6 Meaning of permanent regional service series
7 'Use it or lose it' test....................................
8 'Size of aircraft' test.....................................
9 Administration of 'size of aircraft' and 'use it or lose it' tests........
10 Meaning of historical precedence

Part 2—System for allocation of slots (Act s 35(1))

Division 1—Applying for slots....................................
11 Who can apply for slots..................................
12 How many slots can be applied for at once....................
13 How to apply..........................................

Division 2—How slots are allocated...............................
14 Preparation for allocation before scheduling season starts.........
15 Allocation of slots based on historical precedence...............
16 Allocation of other slots as part of initial coordination.............
17 Allocation of slots after initial coordination.....................
18 Rules that apply to all slot allocations........................
19 Rules that apply to allocations of slots other than under section 15...

Division 3—Slot swaps...........................................
20 Slot swaps...........................................
21 Swaps of permanent regional service series...................

Division 4—How allocation is lost.................................
22 Returning slots to pool at operator's initiative...................
23 Operators that do not comply with relevant statutory requirements...
24 Operators that fail to comply with statutory requirements..........

Part 3—Review of decisions (Act s 35(6))
25 Internal review of decisions of Slot Manager...................
26 External review of decisions of Slot Manager...................

Part 4—Guidelines — declarations (Act ss 11 (4) and 35 (4))
27 Guidelines — declaration that movements do not have to be in accordance with allocated slots

Part 5—Guidelines — dispensations (Act ss 31 and 35 (5))
28 Guidelines — exceptional circumstances and conditions..........

Part 6—Authorisations (Act ss 35 (3))
29 Authorisation of other persons to perform functions..............

Part 7—Transitional provisions
30 Transitional provisions...................................

        Part 1—Preliminary

     1 Citation
This Scheme is the Sydney Airport Slot Management Scheme 2013.

     2 Interpretation

         (1) In this Scheme:

Act means the Sydney Airport Demand Management Act 1997.

Air Navigation Act means the Air Navigation Act 1920.

airport operator means the airport-lessee company for the airport for the purposes of the Airports Act 1996.

allocated — see section 4.

equivalent scheduling season to