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F1[F1Part 2AU.K.Security planning for aerodromes

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 2A inserted (29.1.2010 for E.W.S.) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26) , ss. 79 , 116(1) ; S.I. 2010/125 , art. 2(k)

General and supplementalU.K.

24ATInterpretationU.K.

(1)In this Part—

(2)Any reference in this Part to the security of an aerodrome includes a reference to the preservation of the peace at the aerodrome (and any reference to a threat to the security of the aerodrome is to be construed accordingly).

(3)Any reference in the preceding provisions of this Part to a person nominated under a provision of this Part is a reference to a person who has been nominated under that provision and accepts that nomination (unless the context otherwise requires).

(4)If an aerodrome to which this Part applies—

(a)ceases to be such an aerodrome, but

(b)subsequently becomes such an aerodrome again,

this Part applies in relation to the aerodrome as if it had become an aerodrome to which this Part applies for the first time.

(5)For the purposes of this Part the risk advisory group for an aerodrome is to be treated as established when both of the following conditions are first met—

(a)the person nominated by the manager of the aerodrome under section 24AB(2)(a) accepts the nomination;

(b)the chief officer of police for the relevant police area informs the manager of the aerodrome that either the chief officer will serve as a member of the group or that a person nominated by the chief officer for the purposes of section 24AB(2)(b) has accepted the nomination.

(6)For the purposes of this Part the security executive group for an aerodrome is to be treated as established when all of the following conditions are first met—

(a)the manager of the aerodrome appoints a representative under section 24AG(2)(a);

(b)the chief officer of police for the relevant police area informs the manager of the aerodrome that either the chief officer will serve as a member of the group or that the chief officer has appointed a representative for the purposes of section 24AG(2)(b);

(c)the police authority for the relevant police area informs the manager of the aerodrome that the police authority has appointed a representative for the purposes of section 24AG(2)(c);

(d)a person nominated by the manager of the aerodrome under section 24AG(3) accepts the nomination.

(7)In the application of this Part to Scotland—

(a)references to the chief officer of police for the relevant police area are to be read as references to the chief constable of the police force for that area, and

(b)references to the police authority for the relevant police area are, where a joint police board is constituted for that area in accordance with an amalgamation scheme made under the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77), to be read as references to that joint police board.

(8)In the application of this Part to Northern Ireland—

(a)references to the chief officer of police for the relevant police area are to be read as references to the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, and

(b)references to the police authority for the relevant police area are to be read as references to the Northern Ireland Policing Board.]