Part III Regulation of Civil Aviation

Air navigation services

72 Duty of CAA to provide air navigation services.

1

It shall be the duty of the CAA to provide air navigation services—

a

in the United Kingdom, and

b

for any area outside the United Kingdom for which the United Kingdom has, in pursuance of international arrangements, undertaken to provide air navigation services,

to the extent to which it appears to the CAA that such services are necessary and are not being provided by it (either alone or jointly with another person) or by some other person.

2

It shall be the duty of the CAA to join with the Secretary of State, in such manner as may be specified in directions given to the CAA by the Secretary of State—

a

in providing such air navigation services in respect of such areas (whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) as may be specified in the directions; and

b

in defraying the cost of providing the services so specified; and

c

without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (b) above, in discharging any liability to a third party which is incurred by the CAA and the Secretary of State or either of them in providing the services so specified.

3

Without prejudice to any right of action in respect of an act or omission which takes place in the course of providing air navigation services in pursuance of this section, no action shall lie in respect of a failure by the CAA to perform the duty imposed on it by subsection (1) or (2) above.