Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AIRCRAFT NOISE LEVY COLLECTION ACT 1995 No. 98 of 1995 - SECT 3

3. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"AOC" means an Air Operator's Certificate or AOC issued under Part III of the
Civil Aviation Act 1988;

"Commonwealth authority" means a corporation established for a public purpose
by a law of the Commonwealth;

"jet aircraft" means an aircraft that is propelled by one or more turbofan
engines, turbojet engines, unducted fan engines or rocket engines;

"landing" means a landing of a jet aircraft at an airport that is a leviable
airport when the landing occurs;

"late-payment penalty" means penalty imposed by section 9;

"leviable airport" means an airport that is declared to be a leviable airport
under section 7;

"levy" means levy imposed by the Aircraft Noise Levy Act 1995;

"noise amelioration program", in relation to an airport, means a program
undertaken or supported by the Commonwealth to do either or both of the
following:

   (a)  reduce the impact of aircraft noise on occupants of public buildings,
        or residences, around the airport;

   (b)  compensate persons for the impact of aircraft noise on occupants of
        public buildings, or residences, around the airport;

"operator", in relation to a jet aircraft, has the meaning given by section  4
;

"public building" means:

   (a)  a hospital that provides health care to in-patients; or

   (b)  a nursing home; or

   (c)  a building used on an ongoing or regular basis wholly or mainly for
        one or more of the following activities:

        (i)    provision of formal courses of education;

        (ii)   provision of residential care for aged people;

        (iii)  provision of centre-based child care for groups of children;

        (iv)   religious services;

"qualifying airport" has the meaning given by section 6;

"Secretary" means the Secretary to the Department.