Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990

Provision of information

2 (1) Section 11 (power of Secretary of State to require information) is amended as follows.

(2) For subsection (1) there is substituted—

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

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

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

(c) occupies any land forming part of an aerodrome in the United Kingdom, or

(d) is permitted to have access to a restricted zone of an aerodrome for the purposes of the activities of a business carried on by him,

require that person to provide the Secretary of State with such information specified in the notice as the Secretary of State may require in connection with the exercise by the Secretary of State of his functions under this Part of this Act.”

(3) In subsection (2) for “four weeks” there is substituted “seven days”.

(4) In subsection (3)—

(a) for “shall” there is substituted “may”, and

(b) for paragraphs (a) and (b) there is substituted “the information previously furnished to the Secretary of State (including any information furnished in pursuance of a requirement imposed by virtue of this subsection) is rendered inaccurate by any change of circumstances (including the taking of any further measures for purposes to which this Part of this Act applies or the alteration or discontinuance of any measures already being taken)”.

(5) In subsection (4) for the words from “the further” to “be” there is substituted “the change of circumstances occurs”.

(6) In subsection 5(a) the words “refuses or” are omitted.

(7) In subsection (6) for the words from “time” onwards there is substituted “time—

(a) be revoked by a notice in writing served on him by the Secretary of State, or

(b) be varied by a further notice under subsection (1) above”.