http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/31/section/82/1991-09-25Airports Act 1986An Act to provide for the dissolution of the British Airports Authority and the vesting of its property, rights and liabilities in a company nominated by the Secretary of State; to provide for the reorganisation of other airport undertakings in the public sector; to provide for the regulation of the use of airports and for the imposition of economic controls at certain airports; to make other amendments of the law relating to airports; to make provision with respect to the control of capital expenditure by local authority airport undertakings; and for connected purposes.1986-07-08texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-171991-09-25 Part VI Miscellaneous and Supplementary Supplementary General interpretation.821In this Act— the 1975 Act” means the Airports Authority Act 1975;the 1982 Act” means the Civil Aviation Act 1982;airport” means the aggregate of the land, buildings and works comprised in an aerodrome within the meaning of the 1982 Act;airport operator” means the person for the time being having the management of an airport, or, in relation to a particular airport, the management of that airport;air transport services” means services for the carriage by air of passengers or cargo;the appointed day” means the day appointed under section 2(1);the BAA” means the British Airports Authority;the CAA” means the Civil Aviation Authority;cargo” includes mail;debenture” includes debenture stock;functions” includes powers and duties;modifications” includes additions, omissions and amendments;operator”, in relation to an aircraft, means the person for the time being having the management of the aircraft;the registrar of companies” has the same meaning as in the Companies Act 1985;securities”, in relation to a company, includes shares, debentures, bonds and other securities of the company, whether or not constituting a charge on the assets of the company;shares” includes stock;subordinate legislation” has the same meaning as in the Interpretation Act 1978;subsidiaryhas the meaning given by section 736 of the Companies Act 1985;the successor company” means the company nominated for the purposes of section 2;user”, in relation to an airport, means—aa person for whom any services or facilities falling within the definition of “relevant activities” in section 36(1) are provided at the airport, orba person using any of the air transport services operating from the airport.2A company shall be regarded for the purposes of this Act as wholly owned by the Crown at any time when each of the issued shares in the company is held by, or by a nominee of, the Treasury or the Secretary of State.3Any reference in section 14 or 37 to the business carried on at any airport by the airport operator shall, in a case where the person for the time being having the management of the airport has not had its management for the whole or any part of any period relevant for the purposes of that section, be construed as including a reference to the business carried on there by any other person who had the management of the airport for the whole or any part of that period.4For the purposes of this Act a body corporate shall be treated as an associated company of an airport operator if either that body or the airport operator is a body corporate of which the other is a subsidiary or if both of them are subsidiaries of one and the same body corporate.1985 c. 6. 1978 c. 30. Words substituted by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), s. 144(4), Sch. 18
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</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-the-appointed-day">the appointed day</Term>
” means the day appointed under section 2(1);
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-the-baa">the BAA</Term>
” means the British Airports Authority;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-the-caa">
the
<Acronym Expansion="Civil Aviation Authority">CAA</Acronym>
</Term>
” means the Civil Aviation Authority;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-cargo">cargo</Term>
” includes mail;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-debenture">debenture</Term>
” includes debenture stock;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-functions">functions</Term>
” includes powers and duties;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-modifications">modifications</Term>
” includes additions, omissions and amendments;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-operator">operator</Term>
”, in relation to an aircraft, means the person for the time being having the management of the aircraft;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-the-registrar-of-companies">the registrar of companies</Term>
” has the same meaning as in the Companies Act 1985;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-securities">securities</Term>
”, in relation to a company, includes shares, debentures, bonds and other securities of the company, whether or not constituting a charge on the assets of the company;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-shares">shares</Term>
” includes stock;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-subordinate-legislation">subordinate legislation</Term>
” has the same meaning as in the
<CommentaryRef Ref="c9347201"/>
Interpretation Act 1978;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-subsidiary">subsidiary</Term>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p6761" CommentaryRef="c9347211">has the meaning given by section 736 of</Addition>
the Companies Act 1985;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-the-successor-company">the successor company</Term>
” means the company nominated for the purposes of section 2;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-user">user</Term>
”, in relation to an airport, means—
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
</UnorderedList>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
a person for whom any services or facilities falling within the definition of “
<Term id="term-relevant-activities">relevant activities</Term>
” in section 36(1) are provided at the airport, or
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/31/section/82/1/b/1991-09-25" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/31/section/82/1/b" id="section-82-1-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>a person using any of the air transport services operating from the airport.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/31/section/82/2/1991-09-25" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/31/section/82/2" id="section-82-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>A company shall be regarded for the purposes of this Act as wholly owned by the Crown at any time when each of the issued shares in the company is held by, or by a nominee of, the Treasury or the Secretary of State.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/31/section/82/3/1991-09-25" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/31/section/82/3" id="section-82-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Any reference in section 14 or 37 to the business carried on at any airport by the airport operator shall, in a case where the person for the time being having the management of the airport has not had its management for the whole or any part of any period relevant for the purposes of that section, be construed as including a reference to the business carried on there by any other person who had the management of the airport for the whole or any part of that period.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/31/section/82/4/1991-09-25" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/31/section/82/4" id="section-82-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>For the purposes of this Act a body corporate shall be treated as an associated company of an airport operator if either that body or the airport operator is a body corporate of which the other is a subsidiary or if both of them are subsidiaries of one and the same body corporate.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
</Pblock>
</Part>
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</Primary>
<Commentaries>
<Commentary id="c9347191" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/6" id="c00445" Year="1985" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="6">1985 c. 6</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c9347201" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1978/30" id="c00446" Year="1978" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="30">1978 c. 30</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c9347211" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words substituted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/40" id="c00447" Year="1989" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="40" Title="Companies Act 1989">Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00448" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/40/section/144/4" CitationRef="c00447" SectionRef="section-144-4">s. 144(4)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00449" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/40/schedule/18" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00447" SectionRef="schedule-18">Sch. 18</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
</Commentaries>
</Legislation>