Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2002 No. 396

AIRPORTS

The Airports Byelaws (Designation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002

Made

18th December 2002

Coming into operation

3rd February 2003

The Department for Regional Development(1), in exercise of the powers conferred and now exercisable by it(2) by Article 18(1) of the Airports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994(3) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Airports Byelaws (Designation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 3rd February 2003.

Designation

2. The following airports are hereby designated for the purposes of Article 18 of the Airports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994, that is to say–

(a)Belfast International Airport; and

(b)Belfast City Airport.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Regional Development on 18th December 2002.

L.S.

R. McMinnis

A senior officer of the

Department for Regional Development

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

Under Article 18(2) of the Airports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 the operator of an airport to which the Article applies may make byelaws for regulating the use and operation of the airport and the conduct of persons while within the airport. Article 18(1) of that Order provides that any airport other than an airport managed by a district council must be designated for the purposes of Article 18.

This Order designates Belfast International Airport and Belfast City Airport for the purposes of the said Article 18.

(1)

S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.) Article 3(1)

(2)

S.R. 1999 No. 481 Article 6(d) and Schedule 4 Part IV

(3)

S.I. 1994/426 (N.I. 1)