Airports Act 1986

1 (1) Any airport to which this Part applies shall be deemed to be a statutory undertaking, and a relevant airport operator a statutory undertaker, for the purposes of the following enactments, namely—

• the [1947 c. 42.] Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 ;

• the [1968 c. 16.] New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968 ;

• the [1971 c. 78.] Town and Country Planning Act 1971 ;

• the [1972 c. 52.] Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 ;

• Part I of the [1976 c. 57.] Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 ;

• the [1976 c. 75.] Development of Rural Wales Act 1976 ;

• the [1981 c. 64.] New Towns Act 1981 ;

• the [1981 c. 67.] Acquisition of Land Act 1981 ; and

• sections 283, 296 and 611 of the [1985 c. 68.] Housing Act 1985 ;

and for the purposes of any other enactment in which " statutory undertakers " or " statutory undertaking " has the meaning assigned to it by section 275(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972.

(2) In the following enactments, namely—

• the [1971 c. 78.] Town and Country Planning Act 1971,

• the [1972 c. 52.] Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972, and

• the [1981 c. 64.] New Towns Act 1981,

" the appropriate Minister" shall, in relation to a relevant airport operator, mean the Secretary of State for Transport.