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Civil Aviation Act 1990

Aerodromes, facilities, and joint venture airports

93: Powers of Minister in respect of aerodromes and facilities

You could also call this:

“Minister's powers to manage and create airports and related services”

The Minister can set up, run, and look after airports and other things needed for aeroplanes to fly safely. This includes services and facilities that help aeroplanes and airports work properly.

When the Minister does this work, it’s considered a public work, just like building roads or schools.

The Minister can do everything needed to run an airport as if it were a business. This includes doing work that they could also get others to do through agreements.

The Minister can use these powers for any airport or airport facility, even if they didn’t set it up themselves.

These powers are extra powers that the Minister has. They don’t replace or limit any other powers that the Minister or anyone else might have.

The Minister can’t take over an airport that belongs to someone else without their agreement.

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Part 10 Aerodromes, facilities, and joint venture airports

93Powers of Minister in respect of aerodromes and facilities

  1. The Minister may for the purposes of civil aviation establish, maintain, and operate aerodromes and services and facilities in connection with the operation of any aerodrome or with the operation of aircraft engaged in civil aviation.

  2. All works undertaken under the authority of this section shall be public works within the meaning of the Public Works Act 1981.

  3. Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Minister may do all that is necessary, convenient, or incidental to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of any aerodrome under his or her complete or partial control or of any services or facilities in connection with the operation of any such aerodrome in all respects as if the operation of the aerodrome or of the services or facilities were a commercial undertaking, and, in particular, may himself or herself carry out any work or undertaking in respect of which he or she is authorised to enter into any agreement under section 94.

  4. Any power given to the Minister under this Act in respect of any aerodrome or any facilities in connection with any aerodrome may be exercised by him or her whether or not the aerodrome or the facilities had been established by him or her under this Act.

  5. The powers conferred by this section are in addition to and not in derogation of any powers conferred by any other enactment and nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or affect the powers conferred on any person or authority by any other enactment.

  6. The Minister shall not take over the operation of any aerodrome that is owned or operated by any person other than the Crown, except by agreement with the owner or operator.

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  • 1964 No 68 ss 11, 12(1), (2)