Air Transport Act, 1986
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Temporary direction pending decision under section 3 . |
4.—(1) Where an airline tariff is submitted to the Minister pursuant to section 3 of this Act by or on behalf of an air carrier, the Minister may give to the person from whom the submission is received a direction under this section in respect of that air carrier prohibiting such air carrier's applying (whether directly or through an agent) the tariff, or, as may be specified in the direction, his collecting, charging, making, applying or imposing any one or more of the fares, rates or other charges, terms or conditions contained in such tariff and so specified, and such direction shall come into force on the expiration of the period of seven days beginning on the day on which a copy of the direction is sent by the Minister unless, not later than the seventh day following the day on which such copy is so sent, the person from whom the submission was received satisfies the Minister that the direction should not come into force. | |
(2) In case a copy of a direction under this section is sent by the Minister, the Minister shall at the same time send to the person from whom the relevant submission under this section was received a notice in writing stating that the air carrier concerned may, within the time limit specified in subsection (1) of this section, make representations to the Minister stating why the direction should not come into force. | ||
(3) A direction under this section shall remain in force until the expiration of the period of twenty-eight days beginning on the day on which it is given or until the Minister makes a decision under section 3 of this Act as regards the relevant airline tariff, whichever first occurs. | ||
(4) The Minister may, by a notice in writing given to the person from whom the relevant submission under this section was received, extend or further extend, in either case for a period not exceeding twenty-eight days, the period during which a particular direction under this section is to remain in force. |