Structure of the Act
26.The Act is divided into three Parts. It has 113 sections and 14 Schedules.
27.The Act makes changes to a number of existing Acts, most notably the ASA 1982, the CAA 1982, the AA 1986, the Transport Act 2000 (the “TA 2000”) and the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 (the “RESA 2008”). The arrangement of the Act is as follows:
Part 1: Airports
Chapter 1: Regulation of Operators of Dominant Airports
Sections 1-2: General duties Sections 3-4: Prohibition Sections 5-13: Dominant airports Sections 14-17: Licences Sections 18-21: Licence conditions Sections 22-23: Modifying licences Sections 24-30: Appeals against licence conditions etc Sections 31-47: Enforcement of licence conditions Sections 48-49: Revocation of licence Sections 50-55: Obtaining information Sections 56-58: Penalties Section 59: Disclosing information Chapter 2: Competition
Sections 60-65: Competition Chapter 3: General Provision
Sections 66-72: Interpretation Sections 73-77: Other general provision
Part 2: Other Aviation Matters
Sections 78-82: Aviation security Sections 83-93: Provision of information about aviation Section 94: Regulation of provision of flight accommodation Sections 95-99: CAA membership Sections 100-105: Further provision about CAA Sections 106-107: Miscellaneous Part 3: Final provisions
Sections 108-113: Final provisions Schedule 1: Appeals against determinations Schedule 2: Appeals under sections 24 and 25 Schedule 3: Appeals against orders and penalties Schedule 4: Appeals against revocation of licence Schedule 5: Appeals against penalties: information Schedule 6: Restrictions on disclosing information Schedule 7: Index of defined expressions Schedule 8: Status of airport operators as statutory undertakers etc Schedule 9: Regulation of operators of dominant airports: consequential provision Schedule 10: Regulation of operators of dominant airports: transitional provision Schedule 11: Aviation security directions etc: minor and consequential amendments Schedule 12: Aviation security: further provision about transfer schemes Schedule 13: Appeals against penalties Schedule 14: CAA membership: transitional and saving provision