Air Navigation and Transport (Indemnities) Act, 2001

Limitation on power of Minister to issue indemnities.

9.—(1) A Ministerial indemnity shall not agree to indemnify an air navigation undertaking unless the Minister is satisfied that—

(a) it is an airline licensed by the State, or

(b) the service provided by the air navigation undertaking concerned is essential to the provision of civil air services to, from or within the State.

(2) In this section, “provision of civil air services to, from or within the State” includes services provided to civil aviation relating to—

(a) the maintenance of aircraft in the State, or

(b) emergency, technical or transit stops at an airport or aerodrome to which scheduled commercial air services operate in the State.