Civil Aviation Act 1978

9 Fixing by reference to noise factors the charges for using aerodromes

(1) Without prejudice to any power of any aerodrome authority to enter into an agreement on such terms as it thinks fit, an aerodrome authority may, for the purpose of encouraging the use of quieter aircraft and of diminishing inconvenience from aircraft noise, fix its charges by reference, among other things, to any fact or matter relevant to—

(a) the amount of noise caused by the aircraft in respect of which the charges are made ; or

(b) the extent or nature of any inconvenience resulting from such noise.

(2) Without prejudice to section 8(2)(o) of the [1949 c. 67.] Civil Aviation Act 1949 (power by Order in Council to regulate charges at licensed aerodromes), the Secretary of State may by order direct specified aerodrome authorities to fix their charges in exercise of the power conferred by subsection (1) above; and any such order may contain directions as to the manner in which those charges are to be so fixed.

(3) An order under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(4) In this section—

• " aerodrome " means an aerodrome licensed under an Order in Council made under section 8 of the [1949 c. 67.] Civil Aviation Act 1949;

• " aerodrome authority " means, in relation to any aerodrome, the person owning or managing it; and

• " charges " means, in relation to an aerodrome authority, the charges the authority makes for the use of an aerodrome owned or managed by it.