Chapter VI: Miscellaneous and General
Sections 90 to 97: Miscellaneous
72.Sections 90 to 97 deal with the collection and publication of information by the CAA under these provisions, the Secretary of State’s general powers to issue directions to the CAA, control in time of hostilities and the Civil Aviation Authority Pension Scheme.
73.Section 90 provides for the CAA to publish information which it thinks could be useful or appropriate to users or potential users of air traffic services in the UK. Section 91 requires the CAA to keep the provision of all air traffic services (in the UK and elsewhere) under review, and collect information about them. And in reviewing the provision of services it is to take account of the Secretary of State’s directions as to what considerations are to affect priorities under this duty.
74.Section 92 gives the Secretary of State a general power to direct the CAA as to whether and how it should exercise its various functions under Part I of this Act.
75.Section 93 gives the Secretary of State the power to give directions to a wide range of persons engaged in aviation and related activities (including the holder of a licence under Chapter I) in times of severe international tension, great national emergency or actual or imminent hostilities (whether or not there has been a formal declaration of war). These powers are broadly similar to those in the 1982 Act which this Act repeals. It is an offence to contravene or fail to comply with a direction. Compensation is payable by the Secretary of State for direct injury or loss arising from compliance with a direction. The penalties for committing an offence under this section range from a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum on summary conviction, to up to two years imprisonment and a fine on conviction on indictment.
76.Section 94 is a provision that enables the Secretary of State, by order made by statutory instrument (but not subject to Parliamentary procedure), to provide for the taking into possession of and use by or for the purposes of the armed forces of the Crown, any aerodrome, or any aircraft or other things found in or on an aerodrome. This may be done in the event of actual or imminent hostilities or of severe international tension or of great national emergency. The section allows for flexibility in the choice of action that may be taken at such times. Section 95 defines expressions used in sections 93 and 94.
77..Section 96 enables the Secretary of State to make an order providing for the allocation of assets, rights, liabilities or obligations between different sections of the Civil Aviation Authority Pension Scheme. Under section 103 (12) the Scheme Trustees must be consulted before any order is made. The Secretary of State is bound to secure that individual pension arrangements are at least as good after the order is made as before.
78.Section 97 introducesSchedule 8 which makes consequential amendments to various Acts
Section 98 and 99: General interpretation.
79.Section 98 defines air traffic services for the purpose of Part 1 of the Act. Section 99 defines the CAA.
Sections 100 to 107: Other general provisions
80.Section 100 details the rules regarding the service of a document under this Part of the Act.
81.Section 101 makes it an offence for a person knowingly to give false information or make a false statement in connection with this Part of the Act. A person may be subject to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum on summary conviction, or a fine on indictment for committing an offence under this section.
82.Section 102 introduces Schedule 9 which prohibits the disclosure of information gained under this Part of the Act save with the consent of the person to whom it relates or where otherwise permitted. Disclosure in contravention of the schedule is an offence. A person who discloses information in contravention of the schedule is liable to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum on summary conviction, or a fine on indictment for committing an offence under this section.
83.Section 103 enables the Secretary of State to exercise a power to make an order or regulations under this part of the Act differently in relation to different cases, and makes other provisions in relation to the making of orders, regulations and Orders in Council.
84.Section 104 requires a person given a direction under this Part of the Act to comply with it. Directions may be varied or revoked
85.Section 105 and 106 apply relevant sections of Part 1 of the Act to the Crown.
86.Section 107 provides for the extension of specified provisions to the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or any colony.