Irish Aviation Authority Act, 1993

Detention of aircraft.

67.—The powers conferred on the Minister by sections 32 and 41 of the Act of 1988 in relation to a matter to which a function of the company relates shall, in lieu of being exercisable by the Minister, be exercisable by the company with the following, and any other necessary, modifications:

(a) the references in the said section 32 to aerodrome charges shall be construed as references to charges for air navigation services or aeronautical communications services payable to the Minister or the company or, under the terms of the Multilateral Agreement, to Eurocontrol,

(b) the references in the said section 32 to aircraft documents shall be construed as references to certificates, records or other documents relating to the use of an aircraft or its equipment,

(c) in the said section 32—

(i) in subsection (2), “or, in case the charges are alleged to be due to Eurocontrol, to Eurocontrol” shall be inserted after “as the case may be,”,

(ii) in subsection (3) (a), “or Eurocontrol” shall be inserted after “authority”, and

(iii) in subsection (10) “or Eurocontrol” shall be inserted after “authority”,

(d) in subsection (1) of the said section 41, the following shall be substituted for paragraphs (a) to (d):

“(a) any provision of the Irish Aviation Authority Act, 1993, or order or regulations made or directions given thereunder,

(b) the Annexes to the Chicago Convention specified in the Schedule to the Irish Aviation Authority Act, 1993,

(c) (i) the Eurocontrol Convention,

(ii) the Principal Act and instruments made thereunder,

(iii) orders made under Part II of the Act of 1946 and regulations made and directions given under such orders, or

(iv) instruments made under the Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) Act, 1963 .”, and

(e) in the said section 41, the following shall be substituted for subsection (6):

“(6) In this section ‘authorised officer’ means an authorised officer of the company within the meaning of the Irish Aviation Authority Act, 1993.”.