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The Airports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Article 7:
- Instrument am. (prosp.) by 1998 c. 41 s.74(1) Sch.12 para.20(1)
- Instrument rev. in pt. by 1998 c. 41 s.74(3) Sch.14 Pt. II
Power to obtain rights over landN.I.
7.—(1) This Article applies to—
(a)any regulated airport;
(b)any airport (other than a regulated airport) which is managed by a district council under Article 17; F1. . .
(c)F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) The Department may make an order under this Article if, on representations made to it by the airport operator of an airport to which this Article applies, the Department is satisfied that it is reasonably necessary to do so in order to secure the safe and efficient operation of the airport or to secure the provision of any services required in relation to the airport.
(3) An order under this Article may provide for the creation in favour of the airport operator of easements over land or of other rights in or in relation to land, including rights to carry out and maintain works on any land and to install and maintain structures and apparatus on, under, over or across any land.
(4) Any such order may contain such provisions as appear to the Department to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the order, including, in particular, provisions for authorising persons to enter any land for the purpose of carrying out, installing, maintaining or removing any works, structures or apparatus.
(5) Subject to paragraph (6), a person authorised to enter any land by an order under this Article shall not demand to do so as of right unless—
(a)14 days notice of the intended entry has been given to the occupier; and
(b)if required to do so, he has produced evidence of his authority.
(6) Nothing in paragraph (5) shall restrict the right of an airport operator to enter any land in a case of an emergency or for the purpose of performing any functions which are required to be performed from time to time in connection with the maintenance or use of any works, structures or apparatus.
(7) The ownership of anything shall not be affected by reason only that it is placed on or under, or affixed to, any land in pursuance of an order under this Article.
(8) Schedule 1 shall have effect with respect to an order under this Article.
(9) An order under this Article shall be included among the matters which are required to be registered in the Statutory Charges Register.
(10) Any person who, at any time when an order under this Article is in force in respect of an airport, intentionally and without the consent of the airport operator interferes with—
(a)any works carried out on any land in pursuance of the order; or
(b)anything installed on, under, over or across any land in pursuance of the order,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to both.
(11) Any person who intentionally obstructs a person in the exercise of any power of entry conferred by an order under this Article shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
F1Art. 7(1)(c) and preceding word omitted (10.11.2011) by virtue of Airport Charges Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2491), reg. 29(2), Sch. 2 para. 5(2)
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