Civil Aviation Act 2012

5Dominant areas and dominant airportsU.K.
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(1)For the purposes of this Part, an airport area is dominant if the CAA has—

(a)made a determination that the market power test is met in relation to the area (see section 6), and

(b)published a notice of the determination.

(2)For the purposes of this Part, an airport is dominant if all or part of its core area is a dominant area or part of a dominant area.

(3)In this Part—

  • airport area” means an area that consists of or forms part of an airport;

  • area” includes an area of land, a building or other structure and a part of a building or other structure.

(4)In this Part “core area”, in relation to an airport, means—

(a)the land, buildings and other structures used for the purposes of the landing, taking off, manoeuvring, parking and servicing of aircraft at the airport,

(b)the passenger terminals, and

(c)the cargo processing areas,

(subject to regulations under section 66).

(5)In subsection (1) the reference to a determination does not include a determination that has ceased to have effect (see section 7(9) and (10)).

Commencement Information

I1S. 5 in force at 6.4.2013 by S.I. 2013/589, art. 2(1)-(3)