(1)In section 24 of the M1Civil Aviation Act 1982, in the definition of “the Eurocontrol Convention”, for the words from “and includes any amendment” onwards there shall be substituted the words “as from time to time amended with the agreement of the contracting parties thereto”.
(2)In subsection (4) of section 73 of that Act (under which charges for air navigation services may be imposed on the operator of an aircraft whether or not the aircraft is registered in the United Kingdom and whether or not the services are provided to or from a place in the United Kingdom), after the word “operator” there shall be inserted the words “or owner”; and that subsection and, in relation to any time before the coming into force of that Act, subsection (3) of section 15 of the M2Civil Aviation Act 1968 (so far as reenacted in the said subsection (4)) shall be deemed always to have had effect with that amendment or, as the case may be, with a corresponding amendment.