Part 7Airports
Regulatory airport spatial undertakings
242Consultation and timing requirements
An airport operator must make reasonable efforts to obtain the relevant government agencies’ endorsement of a regulatory airport spatial undertaking and consult with substantial customers before providing the undertaking to the Secretary under section 241(2).
The agencies—
- must not unreasonably withhold or delay their endorsement; and
- must make reasonable efforts to co-ordinate their response.
The operator must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the undertaking is given and accepted—
- before the end of the 9-month period beginning with,—
- if section 241(1)(a) applies, the date on which the space requirement arises; or
- if section 241(1)(b) applies, the date on which the relevant government agency notifies the operator that it intends to impose the space requirement; or
- if section 241(1)(a) applies, the date on which the space requirement arises; or
- by any other deadline specified by the Governor-General by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister.
An Order in Council made under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).