(1)Without prejudice to any power of any aerodrome authority to enter into an agreement on such terms as it thinks fit, an aerodrome authority may, for the purpose of encouraging the use of quieter aircraft and of diminishing inconvenience from aircraft noise, fix its charges by reference, among other things, to any fact or matter relevant to—
(a)the amount of noise caused by the aircraft in respect of which the charges are made; or
(b)the extent or nature of any inconvenience resulting from such noise.
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 below, the Secretary of State may by order direct specified aerodrome authorities to fix their charges in exercise of the power conferred by subsection (1) above; and any such order may contain directions as to the manner in which those charges are to be so fixed.
(3)In this section—
“aerodrome authority” means a person owning or managing an aerodrome licensed under an Air Navigation Order; and
“charges”, in relation to an aerodrome authority, means the charges the authority makes for the use of an aerodrome so licensed which is owned or managed by the authority.
Textual Amendments
F1Words “Without prejudice to section 60(3)(o),” expressed to be repealed by Airports Act 1986 (c. 31, SIF 9), s. 83(5), Sch. 6 Pt. II
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S.38(2): Functions transferred (S.) (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1750, art. 2, Sch. 1