Civil Aviation Act 2012

100 CAA charges

(1) Section 11 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (schemes and regulations determining CAA’s charges) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) omit “, after consultation with the Secretary of State,”.

(3) After that subsection insert—

“(1A) Before making a scheme under this section, the CAA must—

(a) consult the persons who, in its opinion, are likely to be affected by the scheme or such of those persons as it thinks fit, and

(b) after consulting those persons, consult the Secretary of State.”

(4) In subsection (2) for “sixty days” substitute “14 days”.

(5) After subsection (3) insert—

“(3A) Before making regulations under this section, the Secretary of State must consult the persons who, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, are likely to be affected by the regulations or such of those persons as the Secretary of State thinks fit.

(3B) Subsection (3A) does not apply if the Secretary of State is satisfied that such consultation is unnecessary having regard to consultation carried out by the CAA in accordance with subsection (1A).”

(6) In section 16 of that Act (provision by CAA of assistance etc for Secretary of State and others), in subsection (4A)—

(a) after “with” insert “—

(a)” , and

(b) at the end insert “, or

(b) the making of regulations under section 11(3).”

(7) In section 17 of that Act (provision by CAA of information etc for Secretary of State), at the end insert—

“(4) Subsection (3) above does not apply in relation to information furnished to the Secretary of State in connection with the making of regulations under section 11(3).”