Part III

Regulation of Civil Aviation

Trespass by aircraft and aircraft nuisance, noise, etc.

Nuisance caused by aircraft on aerodromes.
77
1
An Air Navigation Order may provide for regulating the conditions under which noise and vibration may be caused by aircraft on aerodromes and may provide that subsection (2) below shall apply to any aerodrome as respects which provision as to noise and vibration caused by aircraft is so made.
2
No action shall lie in respect of nuisance by reason only of the noise and vibration caused by aircraft on an aerodrome to which this subsection applies by virtue of an Air Navigation Order, as long as the provisions of any such Order are duly complied with.
S. 77(2) applied (16.5.1995) by S.I. 1995/1038, art. 97
S. 77(2) applied (20.8.2005) by The Air Navigation Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1970), art. 131(2) (with art. 168)
S. 77(2) applied (1.1.2010) by The Air Navigation Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3015), arts. 1(1), 215(2)
S. 77 extended (Anguilla) (with modifications) (8.5.2019) by The Civil Aviation Act 1982 (Anguilla) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/756), arts. 1, 2, Sch.
S. 77 extended (overseas territories) (26.5.2021) by The Civil Aviation Act 1982 (Overseas Territories) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/477), arts. 1(1), 2, Sch.