General
16Short title, commencement and extent
(1)
This Act may be cited as the Civil Aviation Act 1978.
(2)
This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint; and different days may be so appointed for different purposes.
(3)
Subject to subsection (5) below, this Act extends to Northern Ireland.
(4)
Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that any of the provisions of this Act shall, except in so far as they amend any provision of any other Act, extend, with such exceptions, adaptations and modifications (if any) as may be specified in the Order, to the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, any colony or any country or place outside Her Majesty's dominions in which for the time being Her Majesty has jurisdiction.
(5)
Where any provision of this Act (the amending provision) amends any provision of any other Act (the amended provision), then—
(a)
if the amended provision does not extend to any part of the United Kingdom the amending provision shall not extend to that part; and
(b)
any power of Her Majesty in Council under any enactment (however framed or worded) to direct that the amended provision shall extend outside the United Kingdom shall apply equally in relation to the amending provision.
(6)
In subsections (4) and (5) above references to the amendment of any provision of any Act include a reference to the repeal of any such provision.