(1)The Secretary of State shall continue to be charged with the general duty of organising, carrying out and encouraging measures for—
(a)the development of civil aviation;
(b)the designing, development and production of civil aircraft;
(c)the promotion of safety and efficiency in the use thereof; and
(d)research into questions relating to air navigation.
[F1(1A)The Secretary of State shall also be charged with the general duty of organising, carrying out and encouraging measures for safeguarding the health of persons on board aircraft.]
(2)Subsection (1) above shall not authorise the production of civil aircraft by the Secretary of State.
(3)The acquisition and disposal of aircraft, aero-engines and aviation equipment in discharge of the Secretary of State’s duty under subsection (1) above shall be subject to the approval of the Treasury.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 1(1A) inserted (1.3.2007) by Civil Aviation Act 2006 (c. 34), ss. 8(2), 14; S.I. 2007/598, art. 2, Sch. 1