Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

PART 2
MOVEMENTS OF AIRCRAFT

5.   Use of ærodromes

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   (1)   All aircraft on entering Saint Lucia shall make their first landing at a prescribed ærodrome (as hereinafter defined) and all aircraft on leaving Saint Lucia shall depart from a prescribed ærodrome.

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   (2)   If any of the provisions of this regulation are contravened as regards any aircraft, the commander thereof commits an offence.

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   (3)   For the purposes of this regulation the expression “prescribed ærodrome” means—

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      (a)     a sanitary ærodrome; or

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      (b)     an authorised ærodrome approved by order of the Quarantine Authority for use as a prescribed ærodrome either generally or in the particular case or class of case.

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   (4)   Where the health officer is of opinion that the ærodrome at which an aircraft arrives is not suitably equipped to deal with such aircraft, he or she may order the commander to take it to an ærodrome which is suitably equipped.

6.   Aircraft landing otherwise than at permitted ærodromes

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   (1)   In the event of an aircraft on entering Saint Lucia being compelled to land elsewhere than at an ærodrome at which it is permitted to land under these Regulations, the following provisions shall have effect—

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      (a)     as soon as practicable after the landing, the commander shall cause to be reported to a health officer, authorised officer or Government Medical Officer the circumstances of the flight and the emergency landing;

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      (b)     without the permission of a health officer, authorised officer, or Government Medical Officer, a person shall not remove any merchandise or baggage from the aircraft, and no passenger or member of the crew shall depart from the landing place, unless such removal or departure is necessary for the purposes of safety or of the preservation of life or property, and the commander shall take all steps in his or her power to secure compliance with this provision;

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      (c)     a health officer, authorised officer or Government Medical Officer may give all such orders and instructions to the crew and passengers, and may impose all such conditions upon them, as he or she may consider advisable having regard to the principles of these Regulations.

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   (2)   Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of subregulation (1) of this regulation commits an offence.