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by a slot swap.

         (5) A slot swap has effect:

            (a) if the Slot Manager specifies a period in the approval — during the specified period; or
Example The Slot Manager could specify a period of 1 day.

            (b) otherwise — for the remainder of the scheduling season.

     21 Swaps of permanent regional service series
A slot that is part of a permanent regional service series (the original slot) may be swapped with a slot that is not a part of a permanent regional service series (the other slot) for a period of more than one day only if the other slot authorises a gate movement that is within 30 minutes of the time of the gate movement that was authorised by the original slot when it first became such a slot.

        Division 4—How allocation is lost

     22 Returning slots to pool at operator's initiative
An operator may return a slot to the slot pool at any time.

Note Operators are encouraged to return slots before the relevant slot return deadline each scheduling season.

     23 Operators that do not comply with relevant statutory requirements

         (1) This section applies if:

            (a) a slot is allocated to an operator; and

            (b) at the time of the allocation, the operator does not comply with all of the statutory requirements to operate the proposed service (the relevant statutory requirements).

         (2) The Slot Manager may return the slot to the slot pool unless, at least 2 months before the start of the scheduling season, the operator:

            (a) complies with the relevant statutory requirements; or

            (b) produces evidence that it will comply with those requirements before the start of the scheduling season.
Note    The relevant statutory requirements include:
                 holding an Air Operator's Certificate under the Civil Aviation Act 1988 or (in the case of a foreign airline) being permitted by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority to fly to or within Australia; and
                 establishing a security program under the Air Navigation Act.

         (3) If the operator fails to comply with the relevant statutory requirements before the start of the relevant scheduling season, any slot that has been allocated to the operator is returned to the slot pool.

     24 Operators that fail to comply with statutory requirements

         (1) If during a scheduling season an operator ceases to comply with the statutory requirements to operate a service, the Slot Manager may return any slot allocated to the operator to the slot pool.

         (2) To avoid doubt, an operator is not taken, for subsection (1), to cease to comply with those requirements if the operator's Air Operator's Certificate is suspended.

        Part 3—Review of decisions (Act s 35(6))

     25 Internal review of decisions of Slot Manager

         (1) An operator