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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Airports Act 1986 (c. 31)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

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Airports Act 1986

1986 CHAPTER 31

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. Part I

    Transfer of Undertaking of British Airports Authority

    1. Preliminary

      1. 1. Power to direct reorganisation of BAA’s undertaking prior to appointed day

    2. Dissolution of BAA and vesting of its property etc. in a successor company

      1. 2. Dissolution of BAA and vesting of its property etc. in a successor company

      2. 3. Cancellation of liabilities of BAA to the Secretary of State

      3. 4. Initial Government holding in the successor company

      4. 5. Government investment in securities of the successor company

      5. 6. Exercise or functions through nominees

      6. 7. Target investment limit for Government shareholding

      7. 8. Financial structure of the successor company

      8. 9. Temporary restrictions on successor company’s borrowings etc

    3. Supplementary

      1. 10.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 11. Application of Trustee Investments Act 1961 in relation to investment in the successor company

  2. Part II

    Transfer of Airport Undertakings of Local Authorities

    1. Preliminary

      1. 12. Interpretation of Part II (E+W)

      2. 12. Interpretation of Part II (S)

    2. Transfer of airport undertakings of local authorities

      1. 13. Transfer of airport undertakings of local authorities to companies owned by such authorities

      2. 14. Airports to which s. 13 applies

      3. 15. Transfer schemes

    3. Public airport companies

      1. 16. Public airport companies and their controlling authorities

      2. 17. Control over constitution and activities of public airport companies

      3. 18. Disabilities of directors of public airport companies

      4. 19. Prohibition on employment by public airport company of officers etc. of controlling authority

      5. 20. Powers of investment and disposal in relation to public airport companies

      6. 21. Capital controls relating to investment in public airport companies by local authorities in England and Wales

      7. 22. Other local authority capital controls in England and Wales

      8. 23. Local authority capital controls in Scotland

      9. 24. Provision of services for public airport companies (E+W)

      10. 24. Provision of services for public airport companies (S)

      11. 25. Financial backing for establishment and operations of public airport companies

    4. Supplementary

      1. 26. Avoidance of restrictions on transfer of securities of public airport companies

      2. 27. Consents under s. 30 of the 1982 Act

      3. 28. Compensation for loss of diminution of pension rights

  3. Part III

    Regulation of Use of Airports, etc

    1. 29. Interpretation of Part III, etc

    2. 30. Directions to airport operators in the interests of national security etc

    3. 31. Traffic distribution rules

    4. 32. Power to limit aircraft movements at certain airports

    5. 33. Schemes for allocating capacity at airports

    6. 34. Matters to be taken into account by CAA

    7. 35. Regulation of availability of airports by reference to airport licences

  4. Part IV

    Economic Regulation of Airports

    1. Preliminary

      1. 36. Interpretation of Part IV, etc

    2. Permissions

      1. 37. Airports subject to economic regulation; requirement for permission to levy airport charges

      2. 38. Grant or refusal of permissions

    3. Conditions

      1. 39. Imposition of conditions by CAA

      2. 40. Mandatory conditions in case of designated airports

      3. 41. Discretionary conditions

      4. 42. Discretionary conditions: supplementary provisions

    4. References to Commission

      1. 43. References to Commission in relation to imposition or modification of conditions

      2. 44. Supplementary provisions relating to references

      3. 45. Reports on references

      4. 46. Imposition or modification of conditions following Commission’s report

      5. 47. Charges to be paid by airport operators in respect of Commission’s expenses

    5. Enforcement of conditions

      1. 48. Breach of conditions other than accounts conditions: complaints and compliance orders

      2. 49. Validity and effect of compliance orders

      3. 50. Breach of accounts conditions: criminal penalties etc

    6. Supplementary

      1. 51. Supplementary provisions relating to conditions

      2. 52. Special provisions relating to groups of airports

      3. 53. Functions in relation to permissions and conditions initially exercisable by Secretary of State

      4. 54. Orders under the 1973 Act or 1980 Act modifying or revoking conditions

      5. 55. Application of Part IV to associated companies of airport operators

      6. 56. Co-ordination of exercise of functions by CAA and Director General of Fair Trading

  5. Part V

    Status of Certain Airport Operators as Statutory Undertakers, etc

    1. 57. Scope of Part V

    2. 58. Application of enactments relating to statutory undertakings

    3. 59. Acquisition of land and rights over land

    4. 60. Disposal of compulsorily acquired land

    5. 61. Compensation in respect of planning decisions relating to safety of airports etc

    6. 62. Provisions as to telecommunication apparatus

  6. Part VI

    Miscellaneous and Supplementary

    1. Byelaws

      1. 63. Airport byelaws (E+W)

      2. 63. Airport byelaws (S)

      3. 64. Byelaws: penalties and power to revoke in certain cases

    2. Other provisions relating to airports

      1. 65. Control of road traffic at designated airports

      2. 66. Functions of operators of designated airports as respects abandoned vehicles

      3. 67. Provision of special accommodation at airports

      4. 68. Monitoring of aircraft movements

      5. 69. Duty of CAA with respect to implementation of recommendations concerning airport capacity

      6. 70. Extension of Shops (Airports) Act 1962

      7. 71.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. Constitution of CAA

      1. 72. Increase in maximum number of members of CAA

    4. Supplementary

      1. 73. Furnishing of information etc. to CAA

      2. 74. Restriction on disclosure of information

      3. 75. Supplementary provisions relating to transfer schemes

      4. 76. Stamp duty

      5. 77. Corporation Tax

      6. 78. Offences by bodies corporate

      7. 79. Orders and regulations

      8. 80. Directions etc

      9. 81. Financial provisions

      10. 82. General interpretation

      11. 83. Amendments, transitional provisions and repeals

      12. 84. Application of provisions of Act to certain overseas territories

      13. 85. Short title, commencement and extent

  7. SCHEDULE 1

    Application of part iv to Associated Companies of Airport Operators

  8. SCHEDULE 2

    Application of Enactments Relating to Statutory Undertakers etc

  9. SCHEDULE 3

    Airport Byelaws made by Persons other than the Secretary of State

  10. SCHEDULE 4

    Consequential Amendments

  11. SCHEDULE 5

    Transitional Provisions

  12. SCHEDULE 6

    Repeals

An Act to provide for the dissolution of the British Airports Authority and the vesting of its property, rights and liabilities in a company nominated by the Secretary of State; to provide for the reorganisation of other airport undertakings in the public sector; to provide for the regulation of the use of airports and for the imposition of economic controls at certain airports; to make other amendments of the law relating to airports; to make provision with respect to the control of capital expenditure by local authority airport undertakings; and for connected purposes.

[8th July 1986]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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