The Civil Aviation Authority Regulations 1991

Objections and representations

20.—(1) Any person may serve on the Authority an objection to or representation about an application or proposal for the grant, revocation, suspension or variation (other than the provisional variation) of an air transport licence if he does so:

(a) where an application or proposal is published within such period (being, subject to paragraph (2) of this regulation, not more than 21 days nor less than 7 days) as the Authority may specify when publishing the application or proposal;

(b) where the application or proposal is not published, but he has been notified by the Authority that the application or proposal has been made and will not be published, within 3 working days after being so notified:

Provided that nothing herein shall—

(i) permit the Authority to specify a period of less than 21 days for the service of objections or representations unless it is satisfied that for reasons of urgency it is desirable to do so;

(ii) permit the Authority to specify a period of less than 21 days for the service of objections or representations in a case where it has made a proposal pursuant to regulation 17, unless it has proposed to—

(a) revoke, suspend or vary an air transport licence in accordance with a direction given by the Secretary of State;

(b) vary an air transport licence for the sole reason that there is a need to allocate scarce bilateral capacity.

(2) If the Authority receives an environmental application or makes an environmental proposal it shall specify 42 days from the date of publication of the notice of designation pursuant to regulation 19 as the period for service of objections or representations on grounds of noise, vibration, pollution or other disturbance.

(3) Where the person making the objection or representation is the holder of an air transport licence he shall, within 24 hours after it has been served on the Authority, serve a copy of it on:

(a) the applicant;

(b) any other person who is the holder of the licence to which the application or proposal relates; and

(c) any person whom the Authority is obliged by regulation 21 to consult in respect of the application or proposal;

and where the person making the objection or representation is not the holder of an air transport licence, the Authority shall within 7 days after the day on which the objection or representation has been served on the Authority serve a copy of it on the said persons, indicating whether the person making the objection or representation wishes to be heard pursuant to regulation 25.

(4) Upon being served as aforesaid, the applicant shall, if so required in writing by the person making the objection or representation, serve him with a copy of the application within 3 working days after being required so to do.

(5) References in this regulation to publication include references to republication pursuant to regulation 16(4), but when an application is republished, nothing in this regulation shall require a person who has served an objection to or representation about the application when it was previously published to re-serve that objection or representation.