Civil Aviation Act 1982

30 Provision of aerodromes and facilities at aerodromes by local authorities. E+W+S

(1) A local authority [F1 , other than a district council in Scotland,]may do one or both of the following things, namely—

(a) with the consent of the Secretary of State and subject to such conditions as he may impose, establish and maintain aerodromes;

(b) make arrangements with the person owning or managing an aerodrome in Great Britain whereby the local authority provide and maintain facilities for civil aviation at that aerodrome;

[F1 and a district council in Scotland may do as mentioned in paragraph (b) above].

(2) A local authority [F2 , other than a district council in Scotland,] may in connection with—

(a) the establishment and maintenance by them of aerodromes in pursuance of subsection (1)(a) above, or

(b) any aerodrome in respect of which the local authority have made such an arrangement as is mentioned in subsection (1)(b) above,

provide and maintain roads, approaches, apparatus, equipment and buildings and other accommodation.

(3) Nothing in subsection (1)(a) or (2) above shall authorise the execution of any works on, over or under tidal lands below high-water mark of ordinary spring tides, except in accordance with plans and sections previously approved in writing by the Secretary of State and subject to such conditions as he may impose.

(4) Without prejudice to any power conferred otherwise than by this Act, a local authority may, for the purpose of exercising any of the powers conferred on them by subsections (1)(a) and (2) above, acquire land by agreement or be authorised by the Secretary of State to purchase land compulsorily.

(5) In relation to the compulsory purchase of land under this section—

(a) if the land is in England and Wales, the M1 Acquisition of Land Act 1981, and

(b) if the land is in Scotland, the M2 Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947.

shall apply and, in the latter case, shall apply as if this Act had been in force immediately before the commencement of that Act.

(6) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that one of the purposes for which a local authority may acquire land under this section is the purpose of securing that the land adjacent to the site of an aerodrome which the local authority have established, or are about to establish, shall not be used in such manner as to cause interference with, or danger or damage to, aircraft at, approaching or leaving the aerodrome.

(7) Without prejudice to any power conferred otherwise than by virtue of this Act, the powers conferred on a local authority by subsections (1)(a), (2) and (4) above shall be exercisable by that authority outside, as well as within, their area.

(8) For the purpose of the purchase of land by agreement under this section—

(a) if the land is in England and Wales, the provisions of Part I of the M3 Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (so far as applicable) other than sections 4 to 8, section 10 and section 31 shall apply; and

(b) if the land is in Scotland, the Lands Clauses Acts, except the provisions of those Acts with respect to the purchase and taking of land otherwise than by agreement, shall be incorporated with this Act.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 30(1) repealed (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1)(2), Sch. 13 para. 126(2)(a)(i)(ii), Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1), Sch. 2

F2 Words in s. 30(2) repealed (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 126(2)(b), Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1), Sch. 2

Marginal Citations

M1 1981 c. 67.

M2 1947 c. 42.

M3 1965 c. 65.