The Civil Aviation Authority Regulations 1991

Application for the grant, revocation, suspension or variation of licences

16.—(1) The Authority may refuse to consider an application for the grant, revocation, suspension or variation of an air transport licence unless—

(a) subject to regulation 24, in the case of an application for the grant of a licence it has been served on the Authority not less than 6 months before the beginning of the period for which the licence is proposed to be in effect, and in any other case it has been served on the Authority not less than 6 months before the date on which it is proposed that the revocation, suspension or variation shall take effect;

(b) in the case of an application for the grant of a licence, the application contains all the particulars specified by the Authority in accordance with section 65(1) of the Act; and

(c) the application is accompanied by any applicable charge under section 11 of the Act.

(2) The Authority shall refuse to consider an application for the revocation, suspension or variation of an air transport licence made by a person other than the holder of the licence unless a copy of the application has been served on the holder within 24 hours after it has been served on the Authority.

(3) The Authority shall as soon as may be after an application for the grant, revocation, suspension or variation of an air transport licence has been served upon it in accordance with this regulation publish such particulars of the application as it thinks necessary for indicating the substance of the application, and shall make a copy of the application available at its principal office for inspection by any person at any reasonable time:

Provided that, except in the case of an environmental application—

(i) the Authority may dispense with publication in any case where it is satisfied that for reasons of urgency it is desirable to do so and it is of the opinion that to do so is unlikely to prejudice the interests of any persons of a description specified in regulation 25(1);

(ii) the Authority may dispense with publication in the case of an application—

(a) for the grant of a licence for not more than four flights in any one direction between the same two places;

(b) made by its holder for the revocation or suspension of a licence;

(c) for the variation of a licence if in its opinion to do so is unlikely to prejudice the interests of any persons of a description specified in regulation 25(1).

(4) If within 12 months after the date on which objections to and representations about an application for the grant, variation, suspension or revocation of an air transport licence must have been served on the Authority pursuant to regulation 20, the Authority has neither made a decision on the application nor given notice pursuant to regulation 25(3) of the date, time and place of the hearing of such application, it shall as soon as may be republish such particulars of the application as it thinks necessary for indicating the substance of the application and shall republish such particulars at 12 monthly intervals thereafter until such time as a decision has been made on the application or notice has been given as aforesaid pursuant to regulation 25(3).

(5) The Authority may direct that an application shall be treated as being such number of separate applications as it may specify in the direction, and the application shall be treated accordingly.

(6) Any person of a description specified in regulation 25(1)(b) to (d) may apply to the Authority for the variation, suspension or revocation of an air transport licence but, except as provided in regulation 18(3), no person may apply for the variation of such a schedule of terms as is mentioned in regulation 18.