Airports Act 1996

For each airport, there is to be a final master plan.

A final master plan is a draft master plan that has been approved by the Minister—see section 83.

The purposes of a final master plan for an airport are:

to establish the strategic direction for efficient and economic development at the airport over the planning period of the plan; and

to provide for the development of additional uses of the airport site; and

to indicate to the public the intended uses of the airport site; and

to reduce potential conflicts between uses of the airport site, and to ensure that uses of the airport site are compatible with the areas surrounding the airport; and

to ensure that all operations at the airport are undertaken in accordance with relevant environmental legislation and standards; and

to establish a framework for assessing compliance at the airport with relevant environmental legislation and standards; and

to promote the continual improvement of environmental management at the airport.