Part I Air traffic
Chapter IV Charges for air services
Charges
76 Liability, recovery etc.
(1)
Liability to pay a charge by virtue of section 73 arises whether or not—
(a)
the aircraft concerned is registered in the United Kingdom;
(b)
it is in the United Kingdom when the services concerned are provided;
(c)
the services concerned are provided from a place in the United Kingdom.
(2)
A charge payable by virtue of section 73 is recoverable in the United Kingdom wherever it is payable (without prejudice to its recovery elsewhere).
(3)
A court in any part of the United Kingdom has jurisdiction to hear and determine—
(a)
a claim for a charge or interest payable by virtue of section 73;
(b)
a claim, by a person appearing to the court to have an interest in the matter, that a charge which by virtue of that section must be disposed of in a particular way has not been disposed of in that way.
(4)
Subsection (3) applies even if the person against whom the claim is made is not resident within the court’s jurisdiction.