Aviation Act 2006

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Miscellaneous amendments of Act of 1993.

2.— The Act of 1993 is amended—

(a) in section 2(1)—

(i) by substituting for the definition of “contracting state” the following:

“ ‘ contracting state ’ means a state, including the State, which is a party to Annex IV of the Eurocontrol Convention;”,

(ii) by substituting for the definition of “Eurocontrol” the following:

“ ‘ Eurocontrol ’ means the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) established by the Eurocontrol Convention and references to Eurocontrol include references to the General Assembly and the Council comprised in Eurocontrol and to the Agency;”,

(iii) by substituting for the definition of “the Eurocontrol Convention” the following:

“ ‘ Eurocontrol Convention’ means the International Convention relating to Co-operation for the Safety of Air Navigation signed at Brussels on 13 December 1960, as amended by the Additional Protocol signed at Brussels on 6 July 1970, the Protocol signed at Brussels on 21 November 1978 and the Protocol signed at Brussels on 12 February 1981, as consolidated by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 27 June 1997, (the consolidated text of which is set out for convenience of reference in the English language in Schedule 1 to the Aviation Act 2006), the Final Act and Protocol on the accession of the European Community to the Eurocontrol Convention signed at Brussels on 8 October 2002 (the text of which is set out for convenience of reference in the English language in Schedule 2 to the Aviation Act 2006), and by any other protocol or other instrument which may be signed after the passing of the Aviation Act 2006;”,

(iv) by substituting for the definition of “the Minister” the following:

“ ‘ The Minister ’ means the Minister for Transport;”,

(v) by deleting the definition of “the Multilateral Agreement”, and

(vi) by deleting the definition of “Statute of the Agency”,

(b) in section 14(1)(j), by substituting for subparagraph (i) the following:

“(i) the Eurocontrol Convention,”,

and

(c) in section 74—

(i) in subsection (3)(b)(i), by substituting “€5,000” for “£1,000” and “6 months” for “12 months”,

(ii) in subsection (3)(b)(ii), by substituting “€500,000” for “£100,000”,

(iii) in subsection (4), by substituting “€5,000” for “£1,000”, and

(iv) by substituting for subsection (5), the following:

“(5) A person who obstructs or impedes an authorised officer, an authorised officer of the company, a member of the staff of the company or an officer of Eurocontrol in the performance of any function conferred on him or her by or under this Act or fails to furnish to such a member information to which he or she is entitled under section 57B or an order under section 65 is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.”.