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Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

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PART 6
MEDICAL AND OPTOMETRIC INFORMATION

28. Medical examiners to provide medical information

(1) Where a medical practitioner, who has not been appointed a civil aviation medical examiner believes on reasonable grounds that a patient is a holder of a civil aviation document that imposes standards of medical fitness, he or she shall, if in his or her opinion the patient has a medical condition that is likely to constitute a hazard to aviation safety, pass all medical information in relation to such medical condition, whatever the source, to the Director General.

(2) The Director General may require a holder of a civil aviation document to undergo a specified medical examination at any time and under conditions he or she determines appropriate to establishing medical fitness in the interest of aviation safety.

(3) The holder of a civil aviation document that imposes standards of medical fitness shall, prior to any medical examination of his or her person by a medical practitioner, advise the medical practitioner that he or she is the holder of such a document.

(4) The Director General may make such use of any information provided pursuant to subsection (1) as he or she considers necessary in the interests of aviation safety.

(5) No legal, disciplinary or other proceedings lie against a medical practitioner for anything done by him or her in good faith in compliance with this section.

(6) Notwithstanding subsection (3), information provided pursuant to subsection (1) is privileged and no person shall be required to disclose it or give evidence relating to it in any legal, disciplinary or other proceedings and the information so provided shall not be used in any such proceedings.

(7) The holder of a civil aviation document that imposes standards of medical or optometric fitness shall be deemed, for the purposes of this section, to have consented to the giving of information to a designated medical officer under subsection (1) in the circumstances referred to in that subsection.

28. Medical examiners to provide medical information

4. Functions of the Minister

5. The Minister may enter into agreements

8. The Authority is a legal body vested with all the powers and characteristics of a body corporate, having perpetual succession and a common seal with capacity to hold and dispose of property and to sue and be sued in its corporate name.

9. Funding of the Authority

11. Director General may issue directives

12. Director General may appoint a person to be an Inspector

13. The Director General may delegate functions

14. Employment of officers and other staff

15. Establishment of air transport licencing Board

17. Minister to consult with Board

18. Minister to approve licences and permits

19. Granting of licences to designated airlines

20. Board to delegate powers

21. Restriction on disclosure of information

24. Security restricted area

25. Screening of persons and property

29. Jurisdiction

31. Authority to appoint Investigator- in-charge

32. Powers to Investigate

34. Investigator as Witness

35. Application

36. Regulatory grounds for suspension

37. Refusal to issue a civil aviation document in public interest

39. Right of appeal

41. Court may order forfeiture

42. Prohibition by Court

43. Failure to pay penalty for penalty offence

44. Procedure for appeal against conviction pursuant to section 43

45. Persons liable to be proceeded against

48. Document entries as proof

50. Regulations imposing charges

53. Reporting of occurrences

54. Exemptions by Regulation

55. Exemptions in public interest

56. Incorporation by reference

57. Continuation of certain regulations

2. Interpretation

3. Application of Act

6. Aerodromes and Airports

7. Ministerial Orders and directions

10. Appointment of Director General Civil Aviation

16. Matters to be considered by Board in approving licences

22. Disclosure restriction does not apply to judicial proceedings

26. Powers to arrest

27. Authorized persons

30. Establishment of Commission of inquiry

38. Suspension for Contravention

40. Prohibitions, offences and punishment

46. Powers to enter, inspect, seize, and detain

47. Proof of Documents

49. Regulations respecting Civil Aviation

51. Penalty notice offence

52. Regulations for miscellaneous matters