9Operators of areasU.K.
(1)For the purposes of this Part, a person is the operator of an airport area if the person has overall responsibility for the management of all of the area.
(2)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about when a person is or is not to be treated for the purposes of this Part as having overall responsibility for the management of an airport area.
(3)The regulations may, in particular, make provision for determining which person has overall responsibility for the management of an airport area where more than one person controls or may control the matters listed in subsection (4) to some extent.
(4)Those matters are—
(a)the types of services that are or may be provided in the area,
(b)the prices that are or may be charged for services provided in the area,
(c)the quality of services provided in the area,
(d)access to the area, and
(e)the development of the area.
(5)The regulations have effect subject to operator determinations by the CAA under section 10.
Commencement Information
I1S. 9 in force at 6.4.2013 by S.I. 2013/589, art. 2(1)-(3)