Civil Aviation Act 2012

4 Prohibition: exemption

(1) This section applies if a person who is the operator of an airport area (“area A”) on a day on which area A becomes a dominant area located at a dominant airport, or part of such an area, does not have a licence in respect of area A on that day.

(2) For the purposes of section 3, the person is to be treated as having a licence in respect of area A during the preliminary period.

(3) The preliminary period begins for area A on the day mentioned in subsection (1).

(4) The preliminary period ends for area A when one of the following occurs—

(a) a licence is granted to the person in respect of area A or an area that includes all of area A;

(b) the CAA publishes a notice of its decision to refuse to grant a licence to the person in respect of area A;

(c) the person ceases to be the operator of area A;

(d) area A ceases to be a dominant area or part of a dominant area;

(e) the airport at which area A is located ceases to be a dominant airport.

(5) If subsection (4)(a), (b), (c) or (d) is satisfied in relation to a part of area A, the preliminary period ends for that part of the area.