Aviation Security Act 1982

11 Power for Secretary of State to require information

(1) The Secretary of State may, by notice in writing served on any person who is—

(a) the operator of one or more aircraft registered or operating in the United Kingdom, or

(b) the manager of an aerodrome in the United Kingdom,

require that person to inform the Secretary of State of the measures, of a description specified in the notice, which are being taken in respect of aircraft registered or operating in the United Kingdom of which he is the operator or in respect of that aerodrome, as the case may be, for purposes to which this Part of this Act applies.

(2) A notice under subsection (1) above shall specify a date (not being earlier than four weeks from the date on which the notice is served) before which the information required by the notice in accordance with subsection (1) above is to be furnished to the Secretary of State.

(3) Any such notice shall also require the person on whom it is served, after he has furnished to the Secretary of State the information required by the notice in accordance with subsection (1) above, to inform the Secretary of State if at any time—

(a) any further measures, in respect of aircraft registered or operating in the United Kingdom of which at that time he is the operator, or in respect of the aerodrome to which the information so furnished related, as the case may be, are taken for purposes to which this Part of this Act applies, either—

(i) by way of alteration of, or addition to, the measures specified in any information previously furnished by him under this section, or

(ii) by way of applying any measures so specified to aircraft, or to a part of the aerodrome, not comprised in the previous information ;

or

(b) any measures taken as mentioned in that subsection or in paragraph (a) of this subsection are discontinued.

(4) In so far as such a notice requires further information to be furnished to the Secretary of State in accordance with subsection (3) above, it shall require that information to be furnished to him before the end of such period (not being less thar* seven days from the date on which the further measures in question are taken or the measures are discontinued, as the case may be) as is specified in the notice for the purposes of this subsection.

(5) Any person who—

(a) refuses or, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement imposed on him by a notice under this section, or

(b) in furnishing any information so required, makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular, or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular,

shall be guilty of an offence and liable—

(i) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;

(ii) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.

(6) A notice served on a person under subsection (1) above may at any time be revoked by a further notice served on him by the Secretary of State.