Statutory Instruments
CIVIL AVIATION
Made
22nd September 1993
Laid before Parliament
27th September 1993
Coming into force
1st October 1993
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of his powers under section 73(1)(a), (4) and (6)(a) of the Civil Aviation Act 1982(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Aviation (Canadian Navigation Services) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st October 1993.
2. The Civil Aviation (Canadian Navigation Services) Regulations 1986(2), shall be amended by substituting for regulation 4 thereof the following new regulation-“
"4.-(1) The operator of an aircraft, wherever registered, shall pay to the Authority charges in respect of air navigation services provided by or on behalf of the Government of Canada as follows-“
(a)in respect of each flight between any point in North America and any point outside North America in the course of which the aircraft makes use of such services within the Gander Flight Information Region other than a flight described in sub-“paragraph (d) of this paragraph, a charge of $110.80 Canadian; and
(b)in respect of each flight between any two points one of which is in Europe (including Iceland) or Greenland in the course of which the aircraft makes use of such services, being services provided by the Edmonton Area Control Centre other than a flight described in sub-“paragraph (d) of this paragraph, a charge of $83.65 Canadian; and
(c)in respect of each flight in the course of which the aircraft makes use of international radio frequencies to obtain telecommunication services provided by or on behalf of the Government of Canada other than a flight described in sub-“paragraph (d) of this paragraph, a charge of $53.68 Canadian; and
(d)in respect of each flight from or to an airport in Canada situated north of N6000 to or from an airport in Greenland in the course of which the aircraft makes use of one or more of the services described in sub-“paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this paragraph, a charge of 40% of the charge specified in those sub-“paragraphs for each of the services used.
(2) The charges specified in sub-“paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph (1) of this regulation shall be cumulative and shall apply whether or not in the course of the flight the aircraft flies within the United Kingdom or Canada.".
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Roger Freeman
Minister of State,
Department of Transport
15th September 1993
We consent to the making of these Regulations
Tim Wood
Nicholas Baker
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
22nd September 1993
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Civil Aviation (Canadian Navigation Services) Regulations 1986 as follows-
1. In respect of each flight between any point in North America and any point outside North America in the course of which the aircraft makes use of air navigation services provided by or on behalf of the Government of Canada within the Gander Flight Information Region the charge is increased from v108.15 Canadian to v110.80 Canadian.
2. The charge for the use of air navigation services provided by or on behalf of the Government of Canada within the Gander Flight Information Region, by the Edmonton Area Control Centre and for the use of international radio frequencies to obtain telecommunication services is reduced by 60% in respect of an aircraft flying from or to an airport in Canada situated north of N6000 to or from an airport in Greenland.
Charges under the Regulations are payable to the Civil Aviation Authority which is required to remit them to the Government of Canada.
1982 c. 16; section 73(4) was amended by section 3(2) of the Civil Aviation (Eurocontrol) Act 1983 (c. 11). The expression "prescribed" is defined in section 105(1).