The Airports Act 1986 (Modifications in Schedule 4 to the Transport Act 1968) Order 1986

Article 3

THE FIRST SCHEDULE MODIFICATIONS TO SCHEDULE 4 FOR THE PURPOSES OF ITS APPLICATION TO TRANSFERS UNDER SECTION 15(7) OF THE ACT

1.  In paragraph 1 —

(a) in sub-paragraph (1), for the words “an agreement for the rendering of personal services” there shall be substituted the words “a contract of employment”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (4), (5) and (7), the words “, or on a vesting by virtue of this Act will become,” shall be omitted; and

(c) in sub-paragraph (7), for the words “this Act” there shall be substituted the words “the Airports Act 1986”.

2.  Paragraph 2 shall be omitted.

3.  In paragraph 3 , a colon shall be substituted for the full stop at the end, and there shall be added the following—

“in Scotland, section 16(1) and (2) of the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 shall apply as if the transfer had been effected by deed and the words “unless specially qualified” were omitted from those subsections.”.

4.  In paragraph 4 , for the words “this Act” there shall be substituted the words “the Airports Act 1986”.

5.  In paragraph 5 —

(a) for the words “Railways Board and the Scottish Group” there shall be substituted the words “transferor and the transferee”;

(b) for the words “this Act” there shall be substituted the words “the Airports Act 1986”;

(c) for the words “the certifying authorities” there shall be substituted the word “them” ;

(d) for the words “one of those authorities” there shall be substituted the words “either of them”; and

(e) for the words “the authorities concerned” there shall be substituted the word “they” .

6.  In paragraph 6 —

(a) for the words “Railways Board or the Scottish Group” there shall be substituted the words “transferor or the transferee”;

(b) for the words “that authority” there shall be substituted the words “one of them” ;

(c) for the words “another of those authorities” there shall be substituted the words “the other of them”;

(d) for the words “none of those authorities or” there shall be substituted the words “neither the transferor nor the transferee nor”;

(e) for the words “one of those authorities” in sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the words “either the transferor or the transferee”;

(f) for the words “any of those authorities” in both places where they occur there shall be substituted the words “either the transferor or the transferee” ;

(g) in sub-paragraph (b)(ii), the words “authority or subsidiary” shall be omitted;

(h) for the words “one of those authorities” in both places where they appear there shall be substituted the words “the transferor or the transferee” ; and

(i) for the words “those authorities” there shall be substituted the words “the transferor and the transferee”.

7.  In sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph 7—

(a) for the words “any officer or any servant of the transferor” there shall be substituted the words “a person employed by, or engaged in the business of, the transferor and holding a specified office or serving in a specified capacity” ;

(b) for the words “the officer or servant” there shall be substituted the words “a person employed by, or engaged in the business”; and

(c) for the words “that officer or servant of the transferor” there shall be substituted the words “the first mentioned person”.

8.  In paragraph 8 —

(a) for the words “this Act” there shall be substituted the words “the Airports Act 1986”;

(b) after the words “transferred rights and liabilities” there shall be inserted “or to any business or activity to which any of them relates”; and

(c) for the words “officers or servants” there shall be substituted the words “persons employed by, persons engaged in the business of, or agents”.

9.  Paragraph 9 shall be omitted.

10.  In paragraph 10 —

(a) for the words “7 to 9” there shall be substituted the words “7 and 8” ;

(b) for the words “this Act” in the first place where they appear there shall be substituted the words “the Airports Act 1986” ;

(c) for the words “this Act” in the second place where they appear there shall be substituted the words “that Act”.

11.  Paragraph 11 and sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 12 shall be omitted.

12.  In sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 12, for the words “7 to 11” there shall be substituted the words “7 to 10”, and the words “the said” shall be omitted.

13.  In paragraph 13 —

(a) in sub-paragraph (1), for the words “7 to 12” there shall be substituted the words “7 to 10” ;

(b) for the words “one of the Boards or new authorities” in the first place where they occur there shall be substituted the words “the transferor and the transferee”, and for those words in the second and third places where they occur there shall be substituted the words “the transferor or the transferee”; and

(c) in sub-paragraph (5) for the words “this Act” there shall be substituted the words “the Airports Act 1986”.

14.  There shall be added the following new paragraph—

“In this Schedule:

references to the transferor in relation to property, rights or liabilities transferred by the scheme shall be construed as references to the person in whom, immediately before the transfer, the property, rights or liabilities were vested; and

“statutory provision” means any provision, (whether of a general or special nature) contained in, or having effect under, any Act (whether public, general or local).”.