80Advice and assistance in connection with aviation securityU.K.
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After section 21G of the Aviation Security Act 1982 insert—
“Advice and assistanceU.K.
21HProvision of advice and assistance to Secretary of State
(1)The CAA must provide such advice and assistance to the Secretary of State as the Secretary of State requires in connection with matters relevant to the purposes to which this Part of this Act applies.
(2)A requirement under subsection (1) may be expressed so as to operate as a continuing requirement on the CAA.
(3)Nothing in this section affects the generality of section 16 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (provision by CAA of assistance etc for Secretary of State and others).
21IProvision of advice and assistance to other persons
(1)The CAA must provide such advice and assistance to the persons listed in subsection (3) as it considers appropriate having regard to the purposes to which this Part of this Act applies.
(2)The CAA may, in particular, provide advice and assistance to such persons in connection with measures that they are required to take by directions under sections 12 to 14.
(3)Those persons are—
(a)managers of aerodromes in the United Kingdom,
(b)authorities responsible for air navigation installations in the United Kingdom,
(c)operators of aircraft registered or operating in the United Kingdom,
(d)persons occupying land forming part of an aerodrome or air navigation installation in the United Kingdom,
(e)persons permitted to have access to a security restricted area of such an aerodrome or air navigation installation for the purposes of carrying on a business, and
(f)any other persons carrying on activities at or in connection with such an aerodrome or air navigation installation, or considering doing so, who are of a description notified to the CAA by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this section.
(4)The Secretary of State may provide such advice and assistance to the persons listed in subsection (3) as the Secretary of State considers appropriate having regard to—
(a)the purposes to which this Part of this Act applies, and
(b)any advice and assistance provided to those persons by the CAA.”