Civil Aviation Act 1949

Supplemental

37 Power to appoint special constables

(1) Any two justices of the peace may appoint such persons as may be nominated for the purpose by the Minister to be special constables on any premises for the time being vested in the Minister or under his control.

(2) Every person so appointed shall be sworn in by the justices duly to execute the office of a constable on the premises aforesaid, and when so sworn in shall, on those premises, have the powers and privileges and be liable to the duties and responsibilities of a constable.

(3) Special constables appointed under this section shall be under the exclusive control of the Minister, and the Minister shall have power to suspend or terminate the appointment of any such special constable.

(4) In the application of this section to Scotland, references to two justices of the peace shall be construed as references to the magistrates of a burgh or to the council of a county, as the case may be, and references to swearing in shall be construed as references to making a declaration in the form and manner prescribed in section seventy-nine of the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act, 1892, and section eleven of the Police (Scotland) Act, 1857, respectively.

38 Trespassing on licensed aerodromes

(1) If any person trespasses on any land forming part of an aerodrome licensed in pursuance of an Order in Council under section eight of this Act, he shall be liable, on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five pounds:

Provided that no person shall be liable to any penalty under this section unless it is proved that, at the material time, notices warning trespassers of their liability under this section were posted so as to be readily seen and read by members of the public, in such positions on or near the boundary of the aerodrome as appear to the court to be proper.

(2) Part VI of this Act applies to this section.

39 Expenses of Part III

(1) Any expenses incurred by the Minister of Transport or the Ministry of Commerce for Northern Ireland in consequence of the passing of this Part of this Act shall, to such extent as the Treasury may direct, be defrayed by the Minister of Civil Aviation or by the Minister of Supply.

(2) Any expenses incurred by the Minister of Supply by reason of any such direction as aforesaid shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament.

(3) Except in so fat as any expenses incurred by the Minister of Transport in consequence of the passing of this Part of this Act fall, by virtue of any such direction as aforesaid, to be defrayed by the Minister of Civil Aviation or the Minister of Supply, or fall to be defrayed out of the Road Fund under any other Act, they shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament.

(4) There shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament any such increase in the sums payable into the Road Fund out of moneys so provided as is attributable to the passing of this Part of this Act.

(5) Any expenses incurred by the Minister, the Minister of Health or the Secretary of State in consequence of the passing of this Part of this Act shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament.