Trade Practices Act 1974 Declaration No. 90 Regional Air Services at Sydney Airport (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Prices Surveillance Act 1983 DECLARATION NO 90

I, Ian Campbell, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, pursuant to subsection 21(1) of the Prices Surveillance Act 1983 ('the Act'), hereby declare:

1) Subject to paragraph (3), the provision of aeronautical services to regional air services, limited to:

(a)   aircraft movement facilities and activities, and

(b) passenger processing facilities and activities; to be notified services for the purposes of the Act;

2) the following to be a declared person for the purposes of the Act:

(a) Sydney Airports Corporation Ltd in relation to the provision of the services referred to in paragraph (1) at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport.

3) The notified services referred to in paragraph (1) do not include provision of the following:

(a) landside vehicle access to terminals;

(b) landside vehicle services, including:

(i)    public and staff car parking (but not valet parking); and

(ii)   taxi holding and feeder rank services on airport;

(c) check-in counters and related facilities; and

(d) aircraft light and emergency maintenance sites and buildings.

Note: These services are subject to prices monitoring under section 27A of the Act.

4) In this declaration:

(a)     'regional air services' mean regular public transport air services operating wholly within the State of New South Wales;

(b) 'aircraft movement facilities and activities' means any of the following:

(i) airside grounds, runways, taxiways and aprons;

(ii) airfield lighting, airside roads and airside lighting;

                  (iii) airside safety;

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(iv)      nose-in guidance;

(v)       aircraft parking;

(vi)      visual navigation aids;

(vii)     aircraft refuelling services; and

(c) 'passenger processing facilities and activities' means any of the following:

(i)        forward airline support area services;

(ii)      aerobridges and airside buses;

1. departure lounges and holding lounges (but excluding commercially important persons lounges);

   (iv)      immigration and customs service areas;

   (v)       security systems and services (including closed circuit surveillance systems);
   
   

   (vi)      baggage make-up, handling and reclaim;
   
   

2. public areas in terminals, public amenities, public lifts, escalators and moving walkways;
   
   

   (viii)   flight information display and public address systems.

   5)   The facilities and activities referred to in sub-paragraphs 4(b) and 4(c) do not include, in relation to an airport, the provision of a service which, on the date the airport lease was granted, was the subject of a contract, lease, licence, or authority given under the common seal of the Federal Airports Corporation.

   Note: This exclusion extends to a contract, lease, licence, or authority exercised under an option in a contract, lease, licence, or authority given under the common seal of the Federal Airports Corporation.
   
   

   6)   This declaration commences on 1 July 2002, and ceases on 1 July 2007.

   IAN CAMPBELL
   26^TH June 2002