Sydney Airport Demand Management Act 1997

The Minister may, by written notice, make a declaration in respect of a period if the Minister is satisfied that:

on the day that includes the period, *aircraft movements at Sydney Airport are significantly disrupted; and

the cause or circumstances of the disruption are such that criteria specified by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph are met; and

*Airservices Australia has recommended to the Minister that the Minister make the declaration in respect of the period.

A declaration under subsection (1) is a recovery period declaration.

A *recovery period declaration must be made on the same day as the period to which it relates.

For the purposes of this section, it is immaterial whether the cause of the disruption:

directly disrupts *aircraft movements at Sydney Airport; or

occurs elsewhere and, as a consequence, indirectly disrupts aircraft movements at Sydney Airport.

A *recovery period declaration may be made regardless of whether the disruption has ended or not.

The Minister may make more than 1 *recovery period declaration for a day.

The recovery period declarations may relate to the same disruption, or different disruptions, on the day.

The Minister must cause a *recovery period declaration to be published on the Department’s website.