E4. Air transportU.K.
Section E4.
Regulation of aviation and air transport, including the subject-matter of—
the Carriage by Air Act 1961,
the Carriage by Air (Supplementary Provisions) Act 1962,
the Carriage by Air and Road Act 1979 so far as relating to carriage by air,
the Civil Aviation Act 1982,
the Aviation Security Act 1982,
the Airports Act 1986, and
sections 1 (endangering safety at aerodromes) and 48 (powers in relation to certain aircraft) of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990,
and arrangements to compensate or repatriate passengers in the event of an air transport operator’s insolvency.
Exceptions
The subject-matter of the following sections of the Civil Aviation Act 1982—
(a)section 25 (Secretary of State’s power to provide aerodromes),
(b)section 30 (provision of aerodromes and facilities at aerodromes by local authorities),
(c)section 31 (power to carry on ancillary business in connection with local authority aerodromes),
(d)section 34 (financial assistance for certain aerodromes),
(e)section 35 (facilities for consultation at certain aerodromes),
(f)section 36 (health control at Secretary of State’s aerodromes and aerodromes of Civil Aviation Authority), and
(g)sections 41 to 43 and 50 (powers in relation to land exercisable in connection with civil aviation) where land is to be or was acquired for the purpose of airport development or expansion.
The subject-matter of Part II (transfer of airport undertakings of local authorities), sections 63 and 64 (airport byelaws) and 66 (functions of operators of designated airports as respects abandoned vehicles) of the Airports Act 1986.
The subject-matter of sections 59 (acquisition of land and rights over land) and 60 (disposal of compulsorily acquired land) of the Airports Act 1986 where land is to be or was acquired for the purpose of airport development or expansion.