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3.—(1) The CAA must collect information relating to—
(a)the carriage of passengers, freight and mail by commercial air services; and
(b)civil aircraft movements to or from airports operating commercial air services in the United Kingdom.
(2) The information which the CAA must collect is—
(a)for a category 1 airport the information contained in tables 1 and 2 in paragraph 2 of the Schedule; and
(b)for a category 2 airport the information contained in tables 1 and 3 in paragraph 2 of the Schedule.
(3) In this section—
“category 1 airport” means an airport in the United Kingdom which handles between 15,000 and 150,000 passenger units per year;
“category 2 airport” means an airport in the United Kingdom which handles more than 150,000 passenger units per year,
and for any year N an airport is a category 1 airport or a category 2 airport by reference to the lowest number of passenger units it handled in the year N-2, N-1 or N.
4.—(1) The CAA may serve a notice on a certificate holder or a licence holder requiring it to supply such information in relation to an airport to the CAA as is specified in the notice, for the purpose of enabling the CAA to comply with its duties under regulations 3(1) and (2) (“an information notice”).
(2) The notice—
(a)may require the information to be supplied periodically;
(b)must—
(i)specify the form and manner in which the respondent must supply the information;
(ii)if the CAA requires it to be supplied periodically, specify how frequently the information must be provided; and
(iii)prescribe the time limit by which the information must be supplied.
5.—(1) Where the CAA considers that a respondent has failed to comply with an information notice, the CAA may serve on the respondent a further notice (“a penalty proposal notice”).
(2) A penalty proposal notice must—
(a)specify the act or omission which the CAA considers constitutes the failure to comply;
(b)state that the CAA proposes to impose a civil penalty;
(c)state the amount of the proposed penalty;
(d)state that the respondent may serve representations on the CAA disputing the alleged failure to comply, or otherwise objecting to the imposition of or amount of the proposed penalty, within a period of 21 days beginning with the day after the day on which the penalty proposal notice is served;
(e)include an explanation of the manner and form in which any representations must be served.
6.—(1) If, within a period of 21 days beginning with the day after the day on which a penalty proposal notice is served on a respondent, that respondent serves representations on the CAA in accordance with the penalty proposal notice, the CAA must consider those representations and decide whether to vary the amount of the proposed penalty under paragraph (2), to withdraw the proposed penalty under paragraph (5), or to impose the proposed penalty under regulation 7(1).
(2) If, following representations made by a respondent in accordance with paragraph (1), it appears to the CAA appropriate to vary the amount of the proposed penalty, the CAA must serve on the respondent a notice about the proposed variation (a “variation notice”).
(3) A variation notice must—
(a)refer to the penalty proposal notice and any previous variation notice containing the proposal that is being varied;
(b)state the new proposed amount of the penalty;
(c)state that the respondent may serve representations on the CAA objecting to the new proposed amount of the penalty within a period of 21 days beginning with the day after the day on which the variation notice is served;
(d)include an explanation of the manner and form in which any representations must be served.
(4) If, within a period of 21 days beginning with the day after the day on which a variation notice is served on a respondent, that respondent serves representations on the CAA in accordance with paragraph (3)(d), the CAA must consider those representations and decide whether to vary the amount of the proposed penalty under paragraph (2), to withdraw the proposed penalty under paragraph (5), or to impose the proposed penalty under regulation 7(1).
(5) If the CAA, having served a penalty proposal notice, decides not to impose any penalty, it must withdraw the notice by informing the respondent in writing.
7.—(1) The CAA may impose a penalty on a respondent provided that—
(a)the CAA has served a penalty proposal notice on that respondent;
(b)the amount of the penalty is the amount of which the CAA gave notice in the penalty proposal notice (in cases where there was no variation) or (if applicable) the most recent variation notice;
(c)no representations were served in accordance with regulation 6(1) (in cases where there was no variation) or regulation 6(4) (in cases where a variation notice has been served);
(d)the CAA has considered any representations that the respondent served on it; and
(e)the CAA considers that the respondent has failed to comply with an information notice.
(2) As soon as possible after deciding to impose a penalty under paragraph (1) the CAA must—
(a)serve a notice on the respondent on which the penalty is imposed (a “penalty notice”); and
(b)publish the penalty notice in its Official Record.
(3) A penalty notice must—
(a)state that the CAA has imposed the penalty;
(b)state the amount of the penalty;
(c)specify the act or omission which the CAA has determined constitutes a failure to comply with an information notice; and
(d)specify that the penalty is to be paid within 30 days beginning with the day after the day on which the penalty notice is served;
(e)inform the respondent of the right to serve a request that the decision be retaken by CAA members on behalf of the CAA.
8.—(1) Where the decision to impose a penalty under regulation 7(1) has been taken by an employee of the CAA, the respondent may request that the decision is retaken by CAA members.
(2) Any request that the decision be retaken must be made by the respondent in writing within 14 days beginning with the day after the date of receipt of the penalty notice.
(3) The respondent may make representations in writing to the CAA members about the decision within 21 days beginning with the day after the date of receipt of the penalty notice or such longer period as the CAA members may determine and communicate to the respondent in writing.
(4) Where a request under paragraph (2) is served—
(a)the penalty notice has no further effect; and
(b)a decision as to whether or not to impose a penalty in the circumstances of the case must be retaken by at least two CAA members who were not involved in the original decision taken by the CAA employee.
(5) The CAA members must consider any representations made in accordance with paragraph (3) and retake the decision by deciding whether or not to impose the penalty.
(6) Where CAA members retake a decision under this regulation, the CAA members must—
(a)serve a notice (a “review notice”) setting out the retaken decision and a statement of their reasons on the respondent; and
(b)publish the review notice and the statement of reasons in the CAA's Official Record.
(7) If the decision is to impose the penalty then the review notice must specify that the penalty is to be paid within 30 days beginning with the day after the day on which the review notice is served.
9.—(1) The amount of a penalty imposed on a respondent under regulation 7 or 8 must be such amount as the CAA determines to be—
(a)appropriate, and
(b)proportionate to the breach for which it is imposed.
(2) The maximum amount of the penalty that may be imposed on a respondent in respect of any breach is £5,000.
(3) Paragraphs (4) and (5) apply if all or part of a penalty is not paid within the period specified in the penalty notice or review notice.
(4) The CAA may enforce the unpaid balance of the penalty as a judgment debt due to the CAA from the respondent.
(5) Any sums received by the CAA by way of a penalty under these Regulations must be paid to the Secretary of State.
10.—(1) Anything served on a person under these Regulations must be in writing and may be served by—
(a)delivering it to the person;
(b)leaving it at the person's proper address;
(c)posting it to the person; or
(d)(subject to the conditions in paragraph (3)) electronic communication.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—
(a)where the person is a body corporate the document may be served on the secretary of that body;
(b)the proper address of any person is, in the case of a body corporate, the registered or principal office of that body or, in any other case, the last known address of the person.
(3) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1)(d) are that—
(a)the person on whom the notice or document is served (“the recipient”) has stated a willingness to receive that notice or document, or notices or documents generally, by means of an electronic communication;
(b)the statement has not been withdrawn; and
(c)the notice or document is transmitted to an electronic address specified by the recipient in the statement.
(4) A statement under paragraph (3)(a) may be withdrawn by serving a notice on the person to whom the statement was made.
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (3)—
(a)“electronic address” includes any number or address used for the purposes of receiving electronic communications; and
(b)“electronic communication” means a communication transmitted (whether from one person to another, from one device to another, or from a person to a device or vice versa)—
(i)by means of an electronic communications network; or
(ii)by other means but while in an electronic form.
(6) Anything served by electronic communication is served when it is received.
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