[F1InterpretationU.K.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. A1 inserted (29.6.2021) by Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Act 2021 (c. 12), ss. 9(4), 21(3)-(7), Sch. 4; S.I. 2021/748, reg. 2(a)
27(1)In this Schedule—U.K.
“appeal” means an appeal under section 19A;
“authorised member of the CMA” has the meaning given in sub-paragraph (2);
“CMA Board” and “CMA panel” have the same meaning as in Schedule 4 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013;
“intervener”, in relation to an appeal, means a person who has been granted permission to intervene in the appeal and who has not withdrawn from the appeal;
“prescribed aerodrome” has the meaning given in section 19A(3);
“statement of truth”, in relation to the production of a statement or in relation to information provided by a person, means a statement that the person producing that statement or providing that information believes the facts contained in the statement or the information to be true.
(2)In this Schedule “authorised member of the CMA”—
(a)in relation to a power exercisable in connection with an appeal, application or direction in respect of which a group has been constituted by the chair of the CMA under Schedule 4 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, means a member of that group who has been authorised by the chair of the CMA to exercise that power; and
(b)in relation to a power exercisable in connection with an appeal, application or direction in respect of which a group has not been so constituted by the chair of the CMA, means—
(i)any member of the CMA Board who is also a member of the CMA panel, or
(ii)any member of the CMA panel authorised by the Secretary of State (whether generally or specifically) to exercise the power in question.
(3)For the purposes of this Schedule and sections 19D and 19E, a person has a qualifying interest in a decision that is the subject of an appeal or an application under this Schedule if—
(a)the person has been granted permission to appeal against the decision and has not withdrawn the appeal,
(b)the person has applied for permission to appeal against the decision and the application has not been withdrawn or refused,
(c)the person has been granted permission to intervene in an appeal against the decision and the appeal has not been withdrawn,
(d)the person has applied for permission to intervene in an appeal against the decision and the application has not been withdrawn or refused, or
(e)the person has applied for a direction under paragraph 6, the application has not been withdrawn or refused and any direction made in response to the application has not been withdrawn.]