Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore
107
Page 47, line 13, leave out Clause 75.
Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore
108
Page 47, line 20, leave out Clause 76.
Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore
109
Page 48, line 11, leave out Clause 77.
NEW CLAUSE RELATING TO PART I
The transferee company: provisions (No. 2)
Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore
NC3
To move the following Clause:—
'(1) The single company granted a licence authorising it to provide air traffic services in respect of a managed area shall be—
(a) an independent publicly-owned company,
(b) a company which offers bonds for sale to investors,
(c) a company that shall have the following duties—
(i) to provide at all times a safe and orderly air traffic control system within the managed area,
(ii) to plan efficiency improvements,
(iii) to give to operators and owners of aircraft, owners and managers of aerodromes, persons travelling in aircraft and persons with rights in property carried in them the benefit of planned efficiency improvements, which may take the form of lower prices and improved quality,
(iv) to achieve a commercial rate of return for the Crown,
(v) to draw up a rolling five-year strategic plan incorporating financial, pricing and service quality objectives,
(vi) to submit, on behalf of the board of the company, to annual meetings of stakeholders, the five year plan set out in sub-paragraph (iv).
(2) The annual meeting of the company shall have the duty to consider, and if the meeting thinks fit, to approve, the strategic plan, and to establish performance objectives and to monitor the performance of the company.
(3) The Secretary of State shall appoint auditors who shall have the duty of reporting to the annual meeting of the company on management performance relative to the objectives set at previous meetings.'.
Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson
11
Clause 92, page 55, line 4, leave out 'must' and insert 'may'.
Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson
12
Clause 92, page 55, line 11, at end insert—
'( ) The policies mentioned in subsection (1) must include policies for improving safety for all road users and pedestrians.'.
Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson
13
Clause 92, page 55, line 12, leave out 'must' and insert 'may'.
Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson
14
Clause 92, page 55, line 21, leave out 'must' and insert 'may'.
Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson
15
Clause 92, page 55, line 23, leave out 'must' and insert 'may'.
Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson
16
Clause 93, page 55, line 28, leave out 'must' and insert 'may'.
Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson
17
Clause 93, page 56, line 1, leave out subsection (6).
Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson
18
Clause 96, page 57, line 38, leave out from 'meet' to end of line 40.
Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson
19
Clause 104, page 62, line 5, leave out 'exclusive'.
NEW CLAUSE RELATING TO PART II
National road safety plan
Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson
NC1
To move the following Clause:—
'(1) The Secretary of State shall develop and implement policies for the promotion of the safety of all road users.
(2) The Secretary of State shall prepare each year a document which shall be known as the national road safety plan containing his policies under subsection (1), which shall be laid before Parliament for approval by both Houses of Parliament before coming into effect.
(3) The plan shall contain targets for the reductions of deaths and injuries among all road users and pedestrians and explanations of the means for achieving those reductions.'.
Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson
20
Page 82, line 29, leave out Clause 144.
Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson
21
Page 90, line 18, leave out Clause 159.
Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson
22
Clause 176, page 99, line 1, leave out subsection (2).
Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson
23
Clause 180, page 99, line 31, at end insert—
'( ) to promote the effective management of safety on the rail network;'.
Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson
24
Clause 181, page 100, line 1, leave out subsection (3).
Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson
25
Clause 182, page 100, line 12, at beginning insert 'Subject to subsection (6),'.
Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson
26
Clause 182, page 100, line 43, leave out subsection (5).
Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson
27
Clause 182, page 101, line 3, at end add—
'(6) Before exercising any powers under this Chapter and prior to each subsequent year that this Chapter remains in force, the Secretary of State shall lay a report for the forthcoming year before both Houses of Parliament for approval by each House, setting out the manner in which he shall exercise his functions under this Chapter, including—
(a) a full explanation of the manner in which the Authority intends to exercise its functions in accordance with subsections (2) and (3);
(b) the calculations the Authority has used to arrive at its conclusions;
(c) the decisions the Authority will make during the year in question to achieve its objectives.'.
Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson
28
Clause 186, page 102, line 2, leave out subsection (2).
Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson
29
Page 110, line 4, leave out Clause 198.
Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson
30
Clause 199, page 113, line 6, leave out subsection (6).
Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson
31
Clause 199, page 113, line 12, leave out subsection (7).
NEW SCHEDULE
Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson
NS1
To move the following Schedule:—
'Specified Services
| "Aeronautical Messaging Service" | The making available of a network for the conveyance of electronic data messages: | |
| (a) between members of a closed user group of providers of air traffic services and users, where such messages contain information relating to the intended path of flights within the licensed areas; and | |
| (b) between other equivalent messaging neworks provided for a similar purpose pursuant to international arrangements. | |
| "Air Traffic Operational Telephone Network Service" | The making available of a fixed line dedicated voice telephony network to facilitate communication between providers of air traffic services in the United Kingdom consisting of a direct link to certain core facilities and the making available of nodes to which other facilities may connect. | |
| "Emergency Frequency Service" | The making available of a dedicated emergency radio telephony frequency (121.5 MHz) for the purpose of an air to ground to air communication service. | |
| "Navigational Infrastructure" | The making available of navigational infrastructure other than that provided in delivering core services as specified in [document to be determined]. | |
| "North Sea Helicopter Advisory Service" | The provision of an advisory service to helicopters in connection with flights to, from and between oil and gas installations situated in the North Sea [co-ordinates excluding East Shetland Basin to be inserted] (whether within or outside the United Kingdom) and associated mainland facilities. | |
| "Reimbursement service for Lower Airspace Radar Service ('LARS')" | The processing of the costs of LARS as agreed and approved by the CAA and reimbursement of those costs from equivalent sums received by the Licensee. | |
| "Reimbursement service for proportion of United Kingdom Meteorological Office costs" | The reimbursement to The United Kingdom Meteorological Office of the proportion of its costs charged to users, from equivalent sums received by the Licensee. | |
| "Surveillance Infrastructure" | The making available of surveillance infrastructure other than that provided in delivering core services as specified in [document]. | |
| "UK Aeronautical Information Service" | The preparation and dissemination to civilian aviation of aeronautical information publications, notices to airmen, aeronautical information circulars and other relevant information with a view to facilitating the flow of information necessary for the safety, regularity and efficiency of air navigation. | |
| "UK Flight Information Service" | The making available to flight crew by radio telephony on request information which the persons providing the service consider appropriate and that: | |
| (a) was acquired from other flight crew in the course of providing the same service to such other flight crew; or | |
| (b) can reasonably be obtained in response to a specific request; or | |
| (c) the persons providing the service otherwise consider significant. | |
| "UK Meteorological Information Service" | The making available as required by, for and on behalf of the United Kingdom Meteorological Authority, of meteorological information supplied to the Licensee by a third party to: | |
| (a) civil aviation users; |
| (b) to air traffic service providers for their own use or for onward dissemination to civil aviation users (including the Licensee); and |
| (c) to persons authorised by the United Kingdom Meteorological Authority.'. |
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