PART IIIAIR TRANSPORT LICENSING

Regulation of the conduct of the AuthorityI115

1

The function of making a decision to—

a

grant, revoke, suspend or vary other than provisionally an air transport licence F1or a route licence in a case where an objection has been served pursuant to regulation 20;

b

grant or vary other than provisionally a licence in terms other than those requested by the applicant;

c

refuse to grant a licence;

d

hold or refuse to hold a preliminary hearing; F3...

e

provisionally vary a licence where representations have been served pursuant to regulation 24(2);

F2f

revoke or suspend an operating licence otherwise than at the request of the holder; or

g

refuse to grant an operating licence.

is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 7(1) of the Act.

2

For the purposes of making any such decision as is referred to in paragraph (1)(a) to (c) F4(f) and (g) of this regulation and of conducting a hearing pursuant to regulation 26(1) a quorum of the Authority shall be two members unless—

a

the Authority has dispensed with publication of the application or proposal in accordance with the proviso to regulation 16(3) or to regulation 17(2);

b

the decision is to suspend the licence in accordance with regulation 17(3);

c

the Authority has, in accordance with regulation 20(1), specified less than 21 days for serving an objection to or representation about the application or proposal;

d

the Authority has, in accordance with the proviso to regulation 25(3) given the persons having a right to be heard and whom it proposes to hear in connection with the case less than 14 days' notice of the date of the hearing; or

e

the persons having the right to be heard in connection with the case have consented to a quorum of the Authority being one member;

in which case the quorum shall be one member.

3

For the purposes of making such a decision as is referred to in paragraph (1)(d) or (e) of this regulation and of conducting a preliminary hearing pursuant to regulation 24 a quorum of the Authority shall be one member.

4

Any other decision to grant, revoke, suspend or vary an air transport licence F5or a route licence and any other decision to grant, revoke or suspend an operating licence may be made on behalf of the Authority only by a member or employee of the Authority.

5

The functions conferred upon the Authority by sections 64 to 67 of the Act are hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 7(2) thereof.