The Airports (Designation) (Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) (Amendment) Order 2021

Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 104

Civil Aviation, England

The Airports (Designation) (Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) (Amendment) Order 2021

Made

29th January 2021

Laid before Parliament

1st February 2021

Coming into force

1st March 2021

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 66(1) and (5) of the Airports Act 1986(1) and after consultation with the operator of Newcastle airport in accordance with sub-section (4) of that section.

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Airports (Designation) (Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) (Amendment) Order 2021 and comes into force on 1st March 2021.

Designation

2.  In Schedule 1 to the Airports (Designation) (Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) Order 1990(2) (which lists airports designated for the purposes of section 66 of the Airports Act 1986) insert (at the appropriate place in alphabetical order) the following entry—

“Newcastle”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Robert Courts

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

29th January 2021

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 66 of the Airports Act 1986 empowers the Secretary of State by order to direct that, in their application to land within a designated airport, certain provisions of the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978(3) and regulations in force made under those provisions are to have effect subject to modifications as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient to confer on the airport operator the functions exercisable under those provisions by local authorities.

The Airports (Designation) (Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) Order 1990(4) designates certain airports in a list set out in Schedule 1 to that Order and modifies the relevant provisions, as set out in Schedule 2 to that Order, in their application to the listed airports.

This Order adds Newcastle Airport to the list of such designated airports. An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business, charities or voluntary bodies. An Explanatory Memorandum has been published alongside this Order and is available with this Order on www.legislation.gov.uk.