Statutory Instruments
CIVIL AVIATION
Made
15th April 1984
Laid before Parliament
26th April 1984
Coming into Operation
18th May 1984
The Secretary of State, in exercise of his powers under paragraphs 5, 6(2) and 7(2) of Schedule 2 to the Civil Aviation Act 1982 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:-
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Aviation Authority (Operational Land) Regulations 1984 and shall come into operation on 18th May 1984.
2. For the purposes of paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Civil Aviation Act 1982 ("the Act") (defining "operational land" in relation to the Civil Aviation Authority ("the CAA") in certain enactments) the following class of land of the CAA's is prescribed, namely-
land which is used, or in which an interest is held, by the CAA for any of the following purposes:-
(a)the operation of an aerodrome or any purpose ancillary to such use;
(b)the provision of facilities for the control of air traffic or for assisting the navigation of aircraft.
3. For the purposes of paragraphs 6(2) and 7(2) of Schedule 2 to the Act (giving effect to section 225(2)(b) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 and section 214(2)(b) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 in relation to the CAA) the prescribed purposes of carrying on the CAA's undertaking are those set out in Regulation 2(a) and (b) above.
Nicholas Ridley
Secretary of State for Transport
15th April 1984
These Regulations prescribe the land of the Civil Aviation Authority ("the CAA") which constitutes "operational land" for the purposes of the enactments set out in paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (which relate to pipe-lines, new towns and town and country planning), namely land which is used, or in which an interest is held, by the CAA for the purposes of the operation of an aerodrome or any purpose ancillary thereto, or the provision of facilities for air traffic control or assisting the navigation of aircraft (Regulation 2). The Regulations also prescribe the same purposes in relation to section 225(2)(b) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 and section 214(2)(b) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 with the result that where land would be used for the specified purposes if planning permission were to be granted the application for such planning permission or any appeal from the decision on any such application shall, in accordance with section 225(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 and section 214(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972, be dealt with by the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister.