Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) Act, 1963

Payment of fee by aircraft operators to Minister and Organisation.

12.—(1) The Minister may by regulations under this section—

(a) provide for the payment to the Organisation or to the Minister for transmission to the Organisation of fees in respect of air navigation services provided by the Organisation,

(b) provide for the payment to the Minister of fees in respect of air navigation services provided by the Minister,

(c) provide for the payment of the fees by owners or, in the case of aircraft on hire, the hirers of aircraft for which the services are available (whether or not the services are actually used or could be used with the equipment installed in the aircraft) or by the managers of aerodromes used by such aircraft, or partly by those owners or hirers and partly by those managers,

(d) specify the amount of the fees payable under the regulations including fees of different amounts in respect of different services or in respect of aircraft of different classes or descriptions or used in different circumstances,

(e) specify the services in respect of which fees shall be payable,

(f) provide for the recovery by the Organisation of fees payable pursuant to the regulations to the Organisation and for the recovery by the Minister of fees payable pursuant to the regulations to the Minister (including fees payable to the Minister for transmission to the Organisation).

(2) The following provisions shall have effect in relation to fees payable to the Minister under this section in respect of air navigation services provided by the Minister—

(a) the fees shall be collected in money and taken in such manner as the Minister for Finance may from time to time direct, and shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in accordance with the directions of the Minister for Finance, and

(b) the Public Offices (Fees) Act, 1879, shall not apply in respect of such fees.

(3) In this section “air navigation services” includes information, directions and other facilities furnished, issued or provided for the purposes of or in connection with the navigation or movement of aircraft.