(1)Such functions of the CAA as may be prescribed for the purposes of this subsection shall not be performed on behalf of the CAA by any other person; and regulations made by the Secretary of State may provide that for the purpose of performing a function prescribed in pursuance of this subsection the quorum of the CAA shall be such as may be prescribed.
(2)Regulations made by the Secretary of State may provide for regulating the conduct of the CAA and other persons, including the procedure to be followed by them, in connection with the performance by the CAA of such of its functions as may be prescribed for the purposes of this subsection; and, without prejudice to the generality of the preceding provisions of this subsection, regulations made in pursuance of this subsection may include provision—
(a)requiring or entitling the CAA, notwithstanding any rule of law, to withhold from any person (hereafter in this paragraph referred to as “the prospective recipient”) information which is furnished to the CAA by another person in connection with any function so prescribed and which in the opinion of the CAA relates to the commercial or financial affairs of the other person and cannot be disclosed to the prospective recipient without disadvantage to the other person which, by comparison with the advantage to the public and the prospective recipient of its disclosure to him, is unwarranted;
(b)for the imposition on summary conviction of a fine of an amount not exceeding [F1level 3 on the standard scale] for any contravention of the regulations.
F2(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 40, 46, (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c.21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G and (N.I.) S.I. 1984/703 (N.I. 3), arts. 5, 8
F2S. 7(3) repealed (1.10.1992) by Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 (c. 53), ss. 18(2), 19(2), Sch. 4 Pt. I.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 7(1) excluded (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 66(4)(a) (with s. 106); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I(subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
C2S. 7(1) excluded (18.2.2022) by Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Act 2021 (c. 12), s. 5(3)(b); S.I. 2022/119, reg. 2(e)
C3S. 7(2) extended (1.9.1995) by S.I. 1994/426 (N.I. 1), art. 27(3); S.R. 1995/294, art. 2, Sch. (with arts. 2(3), 16)
C4S. 7(2)(b) amended (E.W.) by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 40, 46(2) and (N.I.) S.I. 1984/703, arts. 5, 8