3.—(1) The Civil Aviation Act 1982(1)
shall be amended as follows.
(2) In section 69A(5)(a)
for the words “member State” there shall be substituted the words “EEA State”.
(3) In section 69A(8), in the definition of “the Community access Regulation”, for the words “Council Decision 93/453/EEC concerning the amendment of the Agreement between the European Economic Community, the Kingdom of Norway and the Kingdom of Sweden on civil aviation” there shall be substituted the words “the EEA Agreement as amended by the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No. 7/94 of 21 March 1994”.
(4) In section 69A(8), in the definition of “operating licence”, for the words “member State” there shall be substituted the words “EEA State”.
(5) In section 105(1), in the definition of “the Community licensing Regulation”, for the words “Council Decision 93/453/EEC concerning the amendment of the Agreement between the European Economic Community, the Kingdom of Norway and the Kingdom of Sweden on civil aviation” there shall be substituted the words “the EEA Agreement as amended by the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No. 7/94 of 21 March 1994”.
(6) In section 105(1), after the definition of “Convention country”, there shall be inserted the following definitions—
““EEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993;
“EEA State” means a State which is a Contracting Party to the EEA Agreement but until the EEA Agreement comes into force in relation to Liechtenstein does not include the State of Liechtenstein;”.
1982 c. 16. Section 69A was added by the Licensing of Air Carriers Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2992).