SCHEDULES

F1SCHEDULE A1Appeals under section 19A

Annotations:

PART 1Permission to appeal

Determination of application for permission to appeal

2

1

The decision of the CMA on an application for permission to appeal is to be taken by an authorised member of the CMA.

2

The authorised member must take the decision before the end of the period of ten weeks beginning with the day on which the CAA published the decision notice.

3

The authorised member may grant permission to appeal subject to conditions.

4

The conditions may, in particular, include—

a

conditions which limit the matters that are to be considered on the appeal;

b

conditions for the purpose of expediting the determination of the appeal;

c

conditions requiring the appeal to be considered together with other appeals, including appeals relating to different matters or decisions and appeals brought by different persons.

5

An authorised member of the CMA who grants permission to appeal against a decision that relates entirely or partly to a matter remitted to the CAA following an earlier appeal under section 19A must grant permission subject to conditions excluding the consideration of—

a

matters that were considered as part of the earlier appeal, and

b

matters that could have been raised by the applicant or a relevant connected person as part of the earlier appeal,

unless the member considers that there are compelling reasons not to do so.

6

In sub-paragraph (5) “relevant connected person”, in relation to an applicant, means a person who was connected to the applicant at any time during the consideration of the earlier appeal by the CMA.

7

An authorised member of the CMA must—

a

publish the decision on an application for permission to appeal and the reasons for the decision;

b

send a copy of the decision and the reasons to the persons listed in sub-paragraph (8).

8

Those persons are—

a

the holder of the licence that is the subject of the application;

b

if the application was made by someone other than the licence holder, the applicant;

c

any other person with a qualifying interest in the decision that is the subject of the application;

d

any owners or operators of aircraft that the authorised member considers appropriate;

e

any owners or managers of prescribed aerodromes that the authorised member considers appropriate;

f

the CAA.

9

An authorised member of the CMA may exclude from publication under sub-paragraph (7) any information that the member is satisfied is—

a

commercial information the disclosure of which would or might, in the opinion of the member, significantly harm the legitimate business interests of an undertaking to which it relates, or

b

information relating to the private affairs of an individual the disclosure of which would or might, in the opinion of the member, significantly harm the individual's interests.