The Civil Aviation Authority (Economic Regulation of Airports) Regulations 1986

Permission to levy airport charges

7.—(1) The CAA shall as soon as may be after an application for permission to levy airport charges has been made to it publish such particulars of the application as it thinks necessary for indicating the substance of the application, and shall make a copy of the application available at its Head Office for inspection by any person at any reasonable time:

provided that nothing in this paragraph shall apply if, before the application is published, the Secretary of State has notified the CAA under section 53 of the Act that he proposes to perform in relation to the airport the CAA's functions under section 38 of the Act.

(2) Subject to regulation 14(3), where the CAA proposes to refuse to grant an application for permission to levy airport charges it shall serve on the airport operator notice of its proposal, together with a statement of the respects in which the airport operator has failed to comply with any requirement the CAA may have imposed on him pursuant to section 38(4)(b) of the Act.

(3) Subject to regulation 14(3), a decision to refuse a permission may be taken only by a member of the CAA after considering any written representations (being representations that the airport operator has complied with all requirements imposed on him pursuant to section 38(4)(b) of the Act) which the airport operator has served on the CAA within 10 days of the date of service of the notice given by the CAA pursuant to paragraph (2) of this regulation.