http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/31/section/34Airports Act 1986An Act to provide for the dissolution of the British Airports Authority and the vesting of its property, rights and liabilities in a company nominated by the Secretary of State; to provide for the reorganisation of other airport undertakings in the public sector; to provide for the regulation of the use of airports and for the imposition of economic controls at certain airports; to make other amendments of the law relating to airports; to make provision with respect to the control of capital expenditure by local authority airport undertakings; and for connected purposes.1986-07-08texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-05-05Expert Participation2026-04-06 Airports Act 1986s. 59(7)(8)Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026Deddf Cynllunio (Darpariaethau Canlyniadol) (Cymru) 2026Sch. 2 para. 215(b)Sch. 5 Pt. 1s. 5(2)Airports Act 1986s. 61(6)(aa)Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026Deddf Cynllunio (Darpariaethau Canlyniadol) (Cymru) 2026Sch. 2 para. 216(6)(c)Sch. 5 Pt. 1s. 5(2)Airports Act 1986ActScotland Act 1998s. 30 Sch. 5 Pt. 2 s. E4(f)Airports Act 1986s. 12(1) (defn. of "principal council") para. (aa)Local Government (Wales) Act 1994s. 66(6) Sch. 16 para. 77Airports Act 1986s. 12(1) (defn. of "principal council") para. (a)Local Government (Wales) Act 1994s. 66(6)(8) Sch. 16 para. 77 Sch. 18Airports Act 1986s. 12(1) (defns. "local authority""principal council") para. (b)Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994Sch. 13 para. 147Airports Act 1986ActThe Local Authorities (Executive and Alternative Arrangements) (Modification of Enactments and Other Provisions) (England) Order 2001art. 2 Part III341This section applies to the following functions of the CAA, namely—athe function of giving advice to the Secretary of State on being consulted by him under any of sections 31 to 33, andbthe function of preparing a scheme under section 33 where directed to do so under that section.2Section 4 of the 1982 Act (general objectives of the CAA) shall not apply to any function to which this section applies; and instead, in performing any such function, the CAA shall take into account—asuch of the international obligations of the United Kingdom as the Secretary of State may notify to it for the purposes of this section; andbany advice received from the Secretary of State with respect to the relations of the United Kingdom with a country or territory outside the United Kingdom;and, subject to that, shall have regard to the matters referred to in subsection (3).3Those matters are—athe need to secure the sound development of civil aviation throughout the United Kingdom;bthe reasonable interests of users of air transport services; andcsuch policy considerations as the Secretary of State may notify to the CAA for the purposes of this section.