31. After by‑law 95 of the principal By‑laws, insert —“Removal of vehicle, equipment, etc., within airport |
95A.—(1) If any vehicle or equipment, or any article or thing, appears to the airport licensee to have been abandoned within the airport for more than 7 days, the airport licensee may —(a) | move the vehicle or equipment, or the article or thing, to a holding area; or | (b) | direct the owner, an operator or a person who reasonably appears to be in charge, of the vehicle or equipment, or the article or thing, to move the vehicle or equipment, or the article or thing, to a holding area, at that person’s own cost and expense within a time specified by the airport licensee. |
(2) Any person who is directed under paragraph (1)(b) by the airport licensee to move the vehicle or equipment, or the article or thing, must comply with the direction. |
(3) Despite paragraph (1), if any of the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (4) exists, the airport licensee —(a) | may move the vehicle or equipment, or the article or thing, to a holding area; and | (b) | may recover from the person, or the owner or operator, all the costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the airport licensee in moving or detaining the vehicle or equipment, or the article or thing, as the case may be. |
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(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3), the circumstances are as follows:(a) | a person required to comply with the directions of the airport licensee made under paragraph (1)(b) fails to do so; | (b) | the airport licensee is unable to ascertain the identity of the owner or operator of the vehicle or equipment, or the article or thing; | (c) | the vehicle or equipment, or the article or thing —(i) | poses a risk to the safety or security of the airport; or | (ii) | interferes, or is likely to interfere, with the operation of the airport or the provision of airport services and facilities at the airport. |
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95B. An authorised person may, in the event of a fire or a suspected fire within the airport, do anything that is reasonably necessary to protect life or property or, extinguish or prevent the spread of the fire, including (but not limited to) —(a) | entering, breaking into, taking possession of or demolishing, or causing to be taken possession of or demolished, any premises or structure, within the airport; | (b) | entering, breaking into, taking possession of, removing or destroying, or causing to be taken possession of, removed or destroyed, any aircraft, vehicle, vessel or thing within the airport; | (c) | removing any flammable, combustible, explosive or dangerous material from any building, structure, aircraft, vehicle or vessel, within the airport, that is on fire or is in the vicinity of the fire; | (d) | removing, using reasonable force if necessary, any person within the airport who interferes with the fire‑fighting operations or who is, in the authorised person’s reasonable opinion, endangered by the fire; and | (e) | using any convenient supply of water.”. |
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