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Civil Aviation Act 2023

Airports - Airport operators

232: Airport operators must consult concerning spatial plans

You could also call this:

"Airport owners must discuss their future plans with important people before making decisions."

If you are an airport operator and you want to approve a spatial plan for your airport, you must talk to some important people first. You need to consult with your big customers and the government agencies that you think should be involved, considering what the plan is about. You do not have to consult with someone if they have said in writing that they do not want to be consulted, and they have not changed their mind. A spatial plan is a document that outlines what you want to do with the land or infrastructure at the airport in the future. If you do not follow this rule, it does not affect any agreements or contracts you have made.

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Part 7Airports
Airport operators

232Airport operators must consult concerning spatial plans

  1. This section applies if an airport operator proposes to approve a spatial plan for the airport.

  2. Before approving the spatial plan, the airport operator must consult the substantial customers of the operator, and the relevant government agencies, that the operator considers appropriate having regard to the plan’s subject matter.

  3. Despite subsection (2), the airport operator need not consult a customer or agency under this section if the customer or agency has consented in writing to not being consulted (and has not withdrawn that consent).

  4. A failure by an airport operator to comply with this section does not affect the validity or enforceability of any deed, agreement, right, or obligation entered into, obtained, or incurred by the airport operator.

  5. In this section, spatial plan means a document setting out a plan, strategy, or statement of intent, for the future development of land or infrastructure at the airport.