Section 48

approve the draft master plan or the additions and alterations to the master plan in force; or

refuse to approve the draft master plan or the additions and alterations to the master plan in force, as the case may be.

the extent to which the plan achieves the purposes of a master plan as described in section 47(2);

the extent to which carrying out the plan would meet present and future requirements of civil aviation users of the airport, and other users of the airport, for airport services and facilities relating to the airport concerned;

the effect that carrying out the plan would likely to have on the use of land within the airport site and in areas surrounding the airport;

the consultations undertaken in preparing the plan (including the outcome of the consultations); and

the safety aspects and operational aspects of the airport,but nothing in this subsection limits the matters to which the Authority may have regard.

requiring the airport licensee to publish in prescribed circumstances a notice of the submission of any draft master plan (including a draft master plan that is to replace the master plan for that airport) or proposal of additions and alterations to the master plan in force for an airport, and of the place or places where copies of the draft master plan or the proposal may be inspected;

objections and representations made in accordance with the rules to be considered, and public or other hearings in such cases as may be prescribed to be held before an airport licensee for an airport submits any draft master plan for the airport (including a draft master plan that is to replace the master plan for that airport) or any additions and alterations to the master plan in force for the airport to the Authority or before the Authority makes a decision under subsection (1); and

providing that a contravention thereof shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $10,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both as may be specified in the rules.