1981 No. 651

CIVIL AVIATION

The Civil Aviation (Designation of Aerodromes) Order 1981

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into Operation

The Secretary of State, in exercise of his powers under section 29B of the Civil Aviation Act 19711 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby orders as follows:—

1

This Order may be cited as the Civil Aviation (Designation of Aerodromes) Order 1981 and shall come into operation on 1st June 1981.

2

The following aerodromes are hereby designated for the purposes of section 29 of the Civil Aviation Act 19712—

  • Heathrow Airport – London

  • Gatwick Airport – London

  • Stansted Airport – London

3

The following aerodromes are hereby designated for the purposeds of section 29A of the Civil Aviation Act 19713—

  • Heathrow Airport – London

  • Gatwick Airport – London

4

The Civil Aviation (Designation of Aerodromes) Order 1971 is hereby revoked.

TrefgarneParliamentary Under-Secretary of StateDepartment of Trade
EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 29B of the Civil Aviation Act 1971 (added by section 16(1) of the Civil Aviation Act 1980) empowers the Secretary of State to designate any aerodromes for either or both the purposes of section 29 (which provides for the regulation of noise and vibration from aircraft) and the purposes of section 29A (which provides for the making of grants towards the cost of insulating buildings against noise) of the Act.

This Order supersedes the Civil Aviation (Designation of Aerodromes) Order 1971 with a modification. That Order designated, under a provision now repealed by the Act of 1980, the three airports mentioned in Article 2 of the Order and Prestwick Airport for the purposes of section 29 of the Act of 1971. Prestwick Airport is no longer designated as an aerodrome for the purposes of section 29.

This Order also designates the two airports mentioned in Article 3 of the Order for the purposes of section 29A of the Act of 1971. Sound insulation schemes for Heathrow and Gatwick Airports (S.I. 1980/153, 154), which were made under section 29A before the Act of 1980, continue to have effect.