Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

PART 2
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MINISTER

4.   Functions of the Minister

The Minister is responsible for the development and the supervision of all matters connected with civil aviation and, in the discharge of those responsibilities, the Minister may:

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   (a)     promote civil aviation by such means as the Minister considers appropriate;

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   (b)     construct, maintain and operate aerodromes and establish and provide other facilities and services relating to civil aviation;

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   (c)     establish and provide facilities and services for the collection, publication or dissemination of information relating to civil aviation and enter into arrangements with any person or branch of government for the collection, publication and dissemination of that information;

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   (d)     undertake, and cooperate with persons undertaking such projects, technical research, study or investigation as in the opinion of the Minister will promote the development of civil aviation;

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   (e)     cooperate with officers of the Government and assist them in providing any services under their jurisdiction that may require any aerial work and collaborate with officers employed in aviation services of the Government in such extension of their work as the development of civil aviation may require;

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   (f)     take such action as may be necessary to secure by international regulation or otherwise the rights of the Government in international air traffic and the carrying out of obligations under any international convention, any annex thereto, relating to air navigation and air transport to which Saint Lucia is a party and the recognition and implementation of standards and recommended practices particularly as issued by the International Civil Aviation Organisation;

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   (g)     cooperate with officers of the Government on all matters relating to customs, immigration, aviation security, defence, or any other matters as appropriate;

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   (h)     cooperate or enter into administrative arrangements with civil aviation authorities of other governments or foreign states with respect to any matter relating to civil aviation;

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   (i)     cause an investigation, examination and report on the operation and development of commercial air services in, to or from Saint Lucia;

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   (j)     provide assistance to persons, governments and organizations in relation to matters pertaining to civil aviation;

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   (k)     for the purposes of protecting passengers, crew members, aircraft, air navigation facilities, aerodromes and other aviation facilities, preventing unlawful interference with civil aviation and ensuring that appropriate action is taken where that interference occurs or is likely to occur;

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   (l)     for the purposes of providing aviation weather services that will ensure the safety, regularity and efficiency of aircraft operation, enter into arrangements with any branch of the Government of Saint Lucia that is capable of and responsible for providing those services or, where those arrangements cannot be made, enter into arrangements with any person or organization with respect to the provision of those services in such form and manner and at such places as the Minister considers necessary; and

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   (m)     undertake such other activities in relation to civil aviation as the Minister considers appropriate.