Transport Act 2000

[F1 Civil proceedings U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. B1 inserted (29.6.2021) by Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Act 2021 (c. 12), ss. 10(7)(a), 21(3)-(7), Sch. 5; S.I. 2021/748, reg. 2(b)

8 (1) A licence holder who is given an enforcement order must comply with it (unless it is revoked). U.K.

(2) The obligation to comply with an enforcement order is a duty owed to every person who may be affected by a contravention of a requirement of the order.

(3) A licence holder who is given an urgent enforcement order must comply with it, whether or not it has been confirmed (unless it is revoked).

(4) The obligation to comply with an urgent enforcement order that has been confirmed is a duty owed to every person who may be affected by a contravention of a requirement of the order.

(5) Where a duty is owed to a person under sub-paragraph (2) or (4), the following are actionable by the person—

(a) a breach of the duty that causes the person to sustain loss or damage;

(b) an act that—

(i) by inducing a breach of the duty or interfering with its performance, causes that person to sustain loss or damage, and

(ii) is done entirely or partly for achieving that result.

(6) In proceedings brought against a licence holder by virtue of sub-paragraph (5), it is a defence for the licence holder to show that it took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid contravening the requirements of the order.

(7) The CAA may enforce the duties under sub-paragraphs (1) and (3)—

(a) in civil proceedings for an injunction,

(b) in civil proceedings in Scotland for an interdict or for specific performance of a statutory duty under section 45 of the Court of Session Act 1988, or

(c) in civil proceedings for any other appropriate remedy or relief.

(8) Enforcement of a duty under sub-paragraph (1) or (3) by the CAA does not prejudice any rights a person may have by virtue of sub-paragraph (5).]