Civil Aviation Act 1949

68 Transitory provisions

(1) The disputes which by this Act are directed to be determined by the Lands Tribunal shall, in the period before the coming into force of the Lands Tribunal Act, 1949, for the part of Great Britain in question, be determined by an official arbitrator appointed under section one of the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919, and the arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with rules made by the Reference Committee under the said section one; and, during the said period, save in the case of a dispute under subsection (3) of section nine, rules so made may make provision with respect to the reference and determination of the disputes and may apply any of the provisions of sections three to six of the said Act of 1919 with such modifications as may be necessary.

(2) Section twenty-five of the Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act, 1932, shall until the commencement of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Conventions) Act, 1949, apply in relation to sea-planes on the surface of the water as it applies in relation to ships or vessels:

Provided that rules under subsection (2) of the said section twenty-five with respect to sea-planes shall not be made by the Minister of Transport except after consultation with the Secretary of State and the Minister of Civil Aviation, and any reference in subsection (3) of the said section to the master or to the person in charge of the deck shall be construed as a reference to the pilot or other person on duty in charge of the sea-plane.

This subsection shall be construed as if contained in section fifty-two of this Act.