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Civil Aviation Bill

Civil Aviation Bill
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department for Transport, are
published separately as Bill 3—EN.
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Mrs Theresa Villiers has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the
Human Rights Act 1998:
In my view the provisions of the Civil Aviation Bill are compatible with the
Convention rights.
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Civil Aviation Bill
Contents
Part 1
Airports
Chapter 1
Regulation of operators of dominant airports
General duties
1    CAA’s general duty
2    Secretary of State’s general duty
Prohibition
3    Prohibition
4    Prohibition: exemption
Dominant airports
5    Dominant areas and dominant airports
6    Market power test
7    Market power determinations
8    Publication of market power determinations
9    Operators of areas
10    Operator determinations
11    Publication of operator determinations
12    Advance determinations
13    Appeals against determinations
Licences
14    Application for licence
15    Granting licence
16    Refusing to grant licence
17    Content and effect of licence
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Licence conditions
18    Licence conditions
19    Price control conditions
20    Conditions relating to CAA charges
21    Content and effect of licence conditions
Modifying licences
22    Modifying licence conditions and licence area
23    Restriction on power to modify
Appeals against licence conditions etc
24    Appeal to Competition Commission: conditions of new licences
25    Appeal to Competition Commission: modification of licence conditions
26    When appeals may be allowed
27    Determination of appeal
28    Determination of appeal: time limits
29    Determination of appeal: publication etc
30    Procedure on appeals
Enforcement of licence conditions
31    Contravention notice
32    Restrictions on giving contravention notices
33    Enforcement order
34    Enforcement order: modification and revocation
35    Urgent enforcement order
36    Urgent enforcement order: confirmation
37    Urgent enforcement order: modification and revocation
38    Civil proceedings
39    Penalty for contravention of licence condition
40    Penalty for contravention of order
41    Procedure before imposing penalty
42    Procedure after imposing penalty
43    Amount of penalty
44    Amount of penalty: fixed amount
45    Amount of penalty: daily amounts
46    Use of powers under Competition Act 1998
47    Appeals against orders and penalties
Revocation of licence
48    Revocation of licence
49    Appeals against revocation of licence
Obtaining information
50    Power to obtain information
51    Enforcement of information notice
52    Penalty for providing false information, destroying documents etc
53    Procedure before imposing penalty
54    Procedure after imposing penalty
55    Appeals against penalties
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Penalties
56    Imposing penalties
57    Recovering penalties
58    Statement of policy on penalties
Disclosing information
59    Disclosing information
Chapter 2
Competition
60    Functions under Part 4 of Enterprise Act 2002
61    Enterprise Act 2002: supplementary
62    Functions under Competition Act 1998
63    Competition Act 1998: supplementary
64    Review etc of airport operation services
65    Power to modify CAA’s competition powers
Chapter 3
General provision
Interpretation
66    Airports
67    Airports: supplementary
68    Airport operation services
69    Air transport services
70    Joint operators of areas
71    Connected persons
72    Minor definitions and index
Other general provision
73    Regulations
74    Publication and production of documents
75    Sending documents
76    Minor, consequential and transitional provision
77    Crown application
Part 2
Other aviation matters
Aviation security
78    Aviation security directions etc
79    Approved providers of aviation security services
80    Advice and assistance in connection with aviation security
81    Power to modify functions of CAA etc relating to aviation security
82    Transfer schemes
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Provision of information about aviation
83    Information for benefit of users of air transport services
84    Environmental information
85    Power to obtain information
86    Enforcement of information notice
87    Penalty for providing false information, destroying documents etc
88    Procedure before imposing penalty
89    Procedure after imposing penalty
90    Appeals
91    Recovering penalties
92    Statement of policy
93    Minor definitions
Regulation of provision of flight accommodation
94    Regulation of provision of flight accommodation
CAA membership
95    CAA membership
96    Non-executive members of CAA
97    Executive members of CAA
98    CAA’s air navigation functions
99    Transitional and saving provision
Further provision about CAA
100    CAA charges
101    Criminal proceedings
102    Civil sanctions
103    Regulatory burdens
104    Disclosure of medical information
Miscellaneous
105    Dangerous flying
106    Offences under Civil Aviation Act 1982
Part 3
Final provisions
107    Power to make consequential and transitional provision
108    Financial provision
109    Commencement
110    Extent
111    Channel Islands, Isle of Man and British overseas territories
112    Short title
Schedule 1   —    Appeals against determinations
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Schedule 2   —    Appeals under sections 24 and 25
Part 1   —
Permission to appeal
Part 2   —
Intervention in appeal
Part 3   —
Automatic suspension of condition of new licence or
modification
Part 4   —
Application for suspension of condition of new licence or
modification
Part 5   —
Appeals
Part 6   —
General
Schedule 3   —    Appeals against orders and penalties
Schedule 4   —    Appeals against revocation of licence
Schedule 5   —    Appeals against penalties: information
Schedule 6   —    Restrictions on disclosing information
Schedule 7   —    Index of defined expressions
Schedule 8   —    Status of airport operators as statutory undertakers etc
Part 1   —
Great Britain
Part 2   —
Northern Ireland
Schedule 9   —    Regulation of operators of dominant airports: consequential
provision
Schedule 10   —    Regulation of operators of dominant airports: transitional
provision
Part 1   —
Regulation
Part 2   —
Status of airport operators as statutory undertakers etc
Schedule 11   —    Aviation security directions etc: minor and consequential
amendments
Schedule 12   —    Aviation security: further provision about transfer schemes
Schedule 13   —    Appeals against penalties
Schedule 14   —    CAA membership: transitional and saving provision

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