Competition and Consumer (Price Notifications—Aeronautical Services to NSW Regional Airlines) Declaration 2023 (Cth)

Competition and Consumer (Price Notifications—Aeronautical Services to NSW Regional Airlines) Declaration 2023

I, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following declaration.

Dated   19 June 2023

Dr Andrew Leigh

Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary  1

1  Name........................................................................................................................................ 1

2  Commencement........................................................................................................................ 1

3  Authority.................................................................................................................................. 1

4  Schedules................................................................................................................................. 1

5  Definitions................................................................................................................................ 1

Part 2—Price notifications  2

6  Notified services....................................................................................................................... 2

7  Declared persons...................................................................................................................... 2

Part 3—Application  3

8  Cessation and repeal................................................................................................................. 3

Schedule 1—Repeals   4

Competition and Consumer (Price Notifications—Aeronautical Services to NSW Regional Airlines) Declaration 2022   4

Part 1—Preliminary

1  Name

This instrument is the Competition and Consumer (Price Notifications—Aeronautical Services to NSW Regional Airlines) Declaration 2023.

2  Commencement

(1)  Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1.  The whole of this instrument.	1 July 2023.	1 July 2023

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.

4  Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

5  Definitions

Note:       Expressions have the same meaning in this instrument as in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 as in force from time to time—see paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003.

In this instrument:

ABN has the meaning given by the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999.

the Act means the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.

Part 2—Price notifications

6  Notified services

For the purposes of Part VIIA of the Act, services consisting of the provision of aeronautical services and facilities (within the meaning of Part 7 of the Airports Regulations 1997) to regular public transport air services, operating wholly within the State of New South Wales, are declared to be notified services.

Note: Under subsection 95X(1) of the Act, the Minister may declare goods and services of a specified description to be notified goods and services for the purposes of Part VIIA of the Act (about prices surveillance).

7  Declared persons

For the purposes of Part VIIA of the Act, Sydney Airport Corporation Limited (ABN 62 082 578 809) is a declared person in relation to services that are both:

(a)  notified services under section 6; and

(b)  provided at the airport known as Sydney (Kingsford-Smith) Airport.

Note: Under subsection 95X(2) of the Act, the Minister may declare a person to be, in relation to goods and services of a specified description, a declared person for the purposes of Part VIIA of the Act (about prices surveillance).

Part 3—Application

8  Cessation and repeal

This instrument ceases to have effect on 30 June 2026, and is repealed on 1 July 2026.

Note: Under subsection 95X(4) of the Act, the Minister must specify the time when this instrument is to cease to have effect.

Schedule 1—Repeals

Competition and Consumer (Price Notifications—Aeronautical Services to NSW Regional Airlines) Declaration 2022

1  The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.