S.I. No. 95/1966:

AIR SERVICES AUTHORISATION ORDER, 1966.

AIR SERVICES AUTHORISATION ORDER, 1966.

I, ERSKINE H. CHILDERS, Minister for Transport and Power, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 7 of the Air Navigation and Transport Act, 1965 (No. 6 of 1965), hereby order as follows :--

1. This Order may be cited as Air Services Authorisation Order, 1966.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of June, 1966.

3. Subject to Article 4 of this Order, there are hereby authorised--

(a) air services consisting of non-stop flights over the territory of the State by aircraft of a Contracting State to the Convention on International Civil Aviation done at Chicago on the 7th day of December, 1944, in transit and not engaged on an international scheduled service and landings for non-traffic purposes by such aircraft at airports in the State,

(b) air services consisting of non-stop flights over the territory of the State by aircraft of a Contracting State to the International Air Services Transit Agreement done at Chicago on the 7th day of December, 1944, engaged on an international scheduled service and landings for non-traffic purposes by such aircraft at airports in the State,

(c) air services consisting of flights to which the Multilateral Agreement on Commercial Rights of Non-scheduled Air Services in Europe, done at Paris on the 13th day of April, 1956, applies,

(d) air services operated by persons designated and agreed upon under the provisions of any bilateral agreement made either before or after the coming into operation of this Order between the State and any other State,

(e) any air service of Aer Lingus, Teoranta, or Aerlínte Éireann, Teoranta, whether commenced before or after the coming into operation of this Order, not included in the preceding sub-paragraphs of this paragraph, and

(f) air services operated to, from or over the territory of the State in pursuance of an authorisation to proceed issued by the Organisation (within the meaning of the Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) Act, 1963 (No. 15 of 1963) ).

4. If the Minister is not satisfied that a person operating an air service is competent as respects experience, financial resources, equipment, organisation, staffing, maintenance and operating procedures, to secure the safe operation of the aircraft used in the operation of the service and the Minister so notifies the person, Article 3 of this Order shall not apply in relation to the air service during the period from the giving of the notification to the time (if at all) when the Minister notifies the person that he is satisfied that the person is competent in respect of the matters aforesaid.

5.--(1) An officer of the Minister authorised in writing by the Minister for that purpose may (subject to the production by him if so required of his authorisation) at all reasonable times enter on and inspect aircraft and premises used or proposed to be used in connection with the operation of an air service of the kind specified in Article 3 of this Order and may there--

(a) remain on an aircraft about to commence a flight and enter and inspect the flight deck thereof during the flight,

(b) inspect any documents or records the inspection of which he may reasonably consider to be necessary for the purposes of the administration of this Order and make copies of or take extracts from the documents or records, and

(c) require any person to give him information which he may reasonably consider necessary for the purposes of the administration of this Order.

(2) A person--

(a) shall not obstruct or impede the exercise of any power conferred by this Article,

(b) shall give to an officer of the Minister authorised under this Article any information within his knowledge which the officer requires under this Article, and

(c) shall not, in giving any such information, give information which, to his knowledge, is false or misleading in any material particular.

6.--(1) An air service authorised by Article 3 of this Order shall be operated in such manner as to comply with the provisions of the Air Navigation and Transport Acts, 1936 to 1965.

(2) An air service authorised by paragraph (a) of the said Article 3 shall be operated in such manner as to comply with the provisions of the convention referred to in that paragraph.

(3) An air service authorised by paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of the said Article 3 shall be operated in such manner as to comply with the provisions of the appropriate agreement referred to in the said paragraph (b), (c) or (d), as the case may be.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 11th day of May, 1966.

ERSKINE H. CHILDERS.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order authorises air services which are governed by certain International Conventions and Agreements, and all air services operated by Air Lingus Teoranta and Aerlíinte Teoranta.