Air Navigation and Transport Act 2022
Other charges by company | ||
71. The Act of 1993 is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 44: | ||
“44. (1) The company may charge such amounts as it considers appropriate in respect of any of the following: | ||
(a) the performance by it of its functions under this Act or any other enactment; | ||
(b) services provided by it to other persons; | ||
(c) property, real or personal, sold, hired or leased by it to other persons. | ||
(2) The company may charge such amounts as it considers appropriate in respect of any functions performed by it pursuant to any European Union Regulations listed in Schedule 2. | ||
(3) Any amount due by a person to the company in respect of a charge under this section may be recovered by the company from the person as a simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction. | ||
(4) Regulations made under section 23 of the Aviation Regulation Act 2001 and in force immediately before the commencement of section 8 (2) of the Air Navigation and Transport Act 2022 shall continue in force on and after that commencement as if— | ||
(a) references in that section to the Commission for Aviation Regulation were references to the company, and | ||
(b) references in those Regulations to such Commission included references to the company, | ||
and subsection (5) shall be construed accordingly. | ||
(5) The company may, by regulations made under section 23 of the Aviation Regulation Act 2001 , revoke regulations referred to in subsection (4), whether in whole or in part, to take account of when a charge under this section supersedes a levy under that section.”. |