The Civil Aviation Authority Regulations 1991

Substitution of a public use aerodrome licence for an ordinary aerodrome licence or of an ordinary aerodrome licence for a public use aerodrome licence

13.—(1) Before any decision is made on an application or proposal published pursuant to regulation 10 the following persons shall have a right to be heard:

(a) the applicant;

(b) the holder of any air transport licence;

(c) the holder of any air operator’s certificate granted under an Air Navigation Order;

(d) the holder of any aerodrome licence granted under an Air Navigation Order;

(e) such persons (being persons who wish to be heard and who have served objections or representations pursuant to regulation 11 expressing the views of operators of aircraft described in regulation 10(2)(a)(v)) as appear to the Authority to be representative of those who have served such objections or representations:

Provided that no person (other than the applicant and the holder of the licence to which the decision will relate) shall have a right to be heard unless he has served an objection or representation pursuant to regulation 11 and in so doing has stated that he wishes to be heard.

(2) Notwithstanding that a person does not have a right to be heard, the Authority may, if it thinks fit, hear him:

Provided that no person shall be heard pursuant to this paragraph unless he has served an objection or representation pursuant to regulation 11.

(3) No hearing shall be held pursuant to this regulation unless the Authority has served on all persons having a right to be heard and whom it proposes to hear in connection with the case not less than 14 days' notice of the date, time and place of the hearing, and the notice shall clearly identify the application or proposal to which it relates: a similar notice shall be published not less than 7 days before the date of the hearing, and shall be exhibited in a public place in the Authority’s principal office during the 7 days immediately preceding the date of the hearing.