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Limitation on power of Minister to issue indemnities.
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9.—(1) A Ministerial indemnity shall not agree to indemnify an air navigation undertaking unless the Minister is satisfied that—
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(a) it is an airline licensed by the State, or
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(b) the service provided by the air navigation undertaking concerned is essential to the provision of civil air services to, from or within the State.
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(2) In this section, “provision of civil air services to, from or within the State” includes services provided to civil aviation relating to—
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(a) the maintenance of aircraft in the State, or
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(b) emergency, technical or transit stops at an airport or aerodrome to which scheduled commercial air services operate in the State.
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