CIVIL AVIATION OFFENCES AMENDMENT ACT

NO. 4 OF 1981

[ASSENTED TO 4 FEBRUARY, 1981][DATE OF 
COMMENCEMENT: 16 MARCH, 1981]

(English text signed by the State President)

ACT

To amend the Civil Aviation Offences Act, 1972, so as to 
authorize the Minister to make regulations relating to the 
appointment of a committee to advise the Minister and 
interested persons as to the safety of civil aviation; the drawing-
up and application of safety plans; the persons who shall be 
responsible for the application of safety measures at certain 
airports and in respect of certain flights made with aircraft; the 
administrative steps which shall precede the designation of 
aerodromes and heliports as airports; the part of certain 
expenses which shall be met by the State, and the duty of airport 
managements and air carriers to render available particular 
equipment and to employ certain persons for certain purposes; 
and to substitute a certain expression; and to provide for 
incidental matters.

1.   Amends section 1 of the Civil Aviation Offences Act, No. 
10 of 1972, by substituting the definition of “Minister”.

2.   Amends section 2L of the Civil Aviation Offences Act, No. 
10 of 1972, as follows:—paragraph (a) substitutes subsection 
(1) (a) to (1) (f) inclusive; and paragraph (b) substitutes 
subsection (2).

3.   Substitutes section 2M of the Civil Aviation Offences Act, 
No. 10 of 1972.

4.   Short title and commencement.—This Act shall be called 
the Civil Aviation Offences Amendment Act, 1981, and shall 
come into operation on a date fixed by the State President by 
proclamation in the Gazette.