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Civil Aviation Act 2023

Airports - Airport operators

225: Secretary may suspend or cancel registration

You could also call this:

"The Secretary can stop or cancel an airport's permission to operate if it's not meeting rules."

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The Secretary can suspend or cancel an airport's registration by sending a written notice to the airport operator. This can happen if you, as the airport operator, ask the Secretary to do so in writing, or if the Secretary is satisfied that you are not running the airport or you do not have the necessary aviation documents. The Secretary can suspend the registration for a certain period or until you meet a specific requirement.

If the Secretary decides to suspend or cancel your registration, it is because you are not operating the airport, maybe due to financial problems, or you do not have the required aviation documents. The Secretary must follow certain rules when making this decision, which are outlined in section 222.

You can appeal to the District Court under section 453 if the Secretary makes a decision about your airport registration that you do not agree with.

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Part 7Airports
Airport operators

225Secretary may suspend or cancel registration

  1. The Secretary may, by written notice to the airport operator, suspend (for a specified period or until a specified requirement is met) or cancel a registration under section 222 in relation to an airport if—

  2. the airport operator, by written notice, requests the Secretary to do so; or
    1. the Secretary is satisfied that—
      1. the airport operator is not carrying on the business or undertaking of operating the airport (for example, due to insolvency); or
        1. the airport operator does not hold an aviation document that, under the rules, is required to operate the airport.

        2. Despite subsection (1), the registration of an airport operator that has space requirements must not be cancelled unless a new airport operator is first registered for the airport.

        3. A person in respect of whom a decision is made under subsection (1) may appeal against the decision to the District Court under section 453.