Civil Aviation Act 1978

Civil Aviation Act 1949 (c. 67)

9 (1) The [1949 c. 67.] Civil Aviation Act 1949 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.

(2) In section 10(1) (investigation of accidents), the word " British " shall be omitted.

(3) It is hereby declared that the duty imposed by subsection (1) of section 18 (health control at Secretary of State's aerodromes) in relation to Great Britain on the Secretary of State is imposed in relation to Northern Ireland on the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland acting alone ; and that section shall be amended as follows:—

(a) in subsection (1)(b), the words " necessary or" shall be omitted ;

(b) in subsection (2), the words " and services provided " shall be omitted.

(4) Section 19 shall be amended as follows:—

(a) in subsection (1) (power of local authorities to provide aerodromes), for the words " provide and maintain in connection therewith" there shall be substituted the words " may, in connection with the establishment and maintenance of those aerodromes, provide and maintain "; and

(b) after subsection (2) (power of local authorities to purchase land compulsorily for purpose of providing aerodromes) there shall be inserted the following subsection:—

“(2A) In relation to the compulsory purchase of land under this section—

(a) if the land is in England and Wales, the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 ; and

(b) if the land is in Scotland, the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947,

shall apply as if (in either case) this Act had been in force immediately before the commencement of that Act”.

(5) In section 20 (power of local authority to carry on ancillary business at aerodrome) for the word " provided" there shall be substituted the word " maintained " and for the words " carrying on " the word " maintaining ".

(6) In section 59 (extraterritorial effect), for " British aircraft " wherever occurring there shall be substituted " aircraft ".

(7) Sub-paragraph (4)(b) above shall be deemed to have had effect as from the passing of the said Act of 1949.