Air Navigation and Transport (Preinspection) Act, 1986

Charges for preinspection.

4.—(1) The Minister may, by regulations, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, prescribe fees in relation to the preinspection of passengers and aircrew.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) of this section, regulations under this section may make provision for all or any of the following matters:

(a) the persons by whom the fees are to be paid;

(b) the manner in which the fees are to be paid;

(c) the manner in which any fees paid under the regulations are to be disposed of;

(d) any other matters relating to the payment, collection, or disposal of fees as may seem to the Minister to be appropriate or necessary.

(3) The competent authority may recover any fees payable pursuant to regulations under this section from the person by whom such fees are payable as a simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(4) Regulations made under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after they are made and, if a resolution annulling the regulations is passed by either House within the next 21 days on which that House has sat after the regulations have been laid before it, the regulations shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.