Part I

Air traffic
Chapter I

Air traffic services

Appeal against modification of licence conditions

Determination of appeal: time limits
19D
1
The CMA must determine an appeal under section 19A within the period of 24 weeks beginning with the day on which the CAA published, in accordance with section 11A, the notice of the decision that is the subject of the appeal.
This is subject to subsections (2) to (5).
2
The CMA may extend the appeal period by not more than 12 weeks if satisfied that there are good reasons for doing so.
3
The CMA may extend the appeal period only once in reliance on subsection (2).
4
The CMA may extend the appeal period by any period that it considers appropriate if—
a
there is an appeal to the Competition Appeal Tribunal under this Chapter which the CMA considers may be relevant to the appeal under section 19A, and
b
the appeal to the Tribunal has not been determined or withdrawn.
5
The CMA may extend the appeal period more than once in reliance on subsection (4).
6
If the CMA extends the appeal period it must—
a
publish a notice stating the new time limit for determining the appeal;
b
send a copy of the notice to the persons listed in subsection (7).
7
Those persons are—
a
the holder of the licence that is the subject of the appeal;
b
if the appeal was brought by someone other than the licence holder, the appellant;
c
any other person with a qualifying interest in the decision that is the subject of the appeal (see paragraph 27(3) of Schedule A1);
d
any owners or operators of aircraft that the CMA considers appropriate;
e
any owners or managers of prescribed aerodromes (within the meaning given in section 19A(3)) that the CMA considers appropriate;
f
the CAA.
8
The Secretary of State may by regulations modify the periods of time specified in this section.
9
In this section “
appeal period
”, in relation to an appeal under section 19A, means the period allowed for determining the appeal.
Ss. 19A-19F and cross-heading inserted (29.6.2021) by Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Act 2021 (c. 12), s. 21(3)-(7), Sch. 3; S.I. 2021/748, reg. 2(f)