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AERODROMES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 10

Power of aerodrome undertaking to make byelaws.

10.(1) An aerodrome undertaking may make byelaws for regulating the use and
operation of the aerodrome and the conduct of persons while within the
aerodrome, and in particular byelaws

(a)for securing the safety of aircraft, vehicles and persons using the
aerodrome and preventing danger to the public arising from the use and
operation of the aerodrome;

(b)for preventing obstruction within the aerodrome;

(c)for regulating vehicular traffic anywhere within the aerodrome and in
particular for imposing speed limits on vehicles therein and for restricting
or regulating the parking of vehicles or their use for any purpose or in any
manner specified in the byelaws;

(d)for prohibiting waiting by vehicles plying for hire except at standings
designated by such person as may be specified in the byelaws;

(e)for prohibiting or restricting access to any part of the aerodrome;

(f)for preserving order within the aerodrome and preventing damage to property
therein;

(g)for regulating or restricting advertising within the aerodrome;

(h)for requiring any person, if so requested by a constable or aerodrome
official, to leave the aerodrome or any particular part of it, or to state his
name and address and the purpose of his being on the aerodrome;

(i)for defining the area which is to be taken as constituting the aerodrome
for the purposes of the byelaws.

(2) Byelaws made under this section may provide that a person contravening
them shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on summary conviction to a
fine not exceeding #50 for each offence and in the case of a continuing
offence to a further fine not exceeding #5 for each day after written notice
of the offence from the aerodrome undertaking.

(3) Byelaws made under this section shall not have any force or effect unless
and until they have been confirmed by the Ministry and such byelaws shall be
published in such manner as the Ministry may direct.

(4) The production of a written or printed copy of any byelaws made under this
section, sealed with the common seal of the aerodrome undertaking, shall be
sufficient evidence of such byelaws in any prosecution instituted thereunder.

(5) Byelaws, rules and regulations in force in relation to any aerodrome or
aerodrome undertaking immediately before the commencement of this Act shall,
in so far as they are not inconsistent with any provision of this Act, be
treated as byelaws made under this section and shall continue in force until
varied or revoked by byelaws so made.


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