Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

Schedule

THE AIR TRANSPORT LICENSING BOARD

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   1.   The Board shall consist of not less than six nor more than ten members appointed by the Minister, who shall also appoint two of those members to be chairman and deputy chairman respectively of the Board.

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   2.   Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, the chairman, the deputy chairman and each of the other members of the Board shall hold and vacate his office in accordance with the terms of the instrument appointing him.

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   3.   The Minister—

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      (a)     shall pay to any member of the Board such remuneration (whether by way of salary or fees) and such allowances as the Minister may with the approval of the Treasury determine; and

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      (b)     in the case of any member of the Board with respect to whom the Minister may with the said approval determine, shall make such provision for the payment of a pension to or in respect of that member as he may so determine;

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   and the Minister shall, as soon as possible after the establishment of the Board, lay before each House of Parliament a statement of the remuneration and allowances that are or will be payable under this paragraph to the members of the Board; and if any subsequent determination made by him under this paragraph involves any departure from the terms of that statement or if a determination so made provides for the payment of a pension to or in respect of any member of the Board, the Minister shall, as soon as possible after the determination, lay a statement thereof before each House of Parliament.

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   4.   In Part II of the First Schedule to the House of Commons Disqualification Act, 1957 (which specifies certain bodies all members of which are disqualified under that Act) and in the Part substituted for the said Part II by the Third Schedule to that Act in its application to the Senate and the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, after the entry relating to the Air Transport Advisory Council there shall be inserted the words “The Air Transport Licensing Board”.

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   5.   If the Minister is satisfied that the chairman or deputy chairman of the Board is temporarily unable to discharge the functions of his office owing to illness or any other cause, he may appoint some other member of the Board to act for the time being in the place of the chairman or deputy chairman, as the case may be.

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   6.   If the Minister is satisfied that a member of the Board—

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      (a)     has without the permission of the Board been absent from meetings of the Board for a continuous period exceeding six months; or

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      (b)     has become bankrupt or made an arrangement with his creditors; or

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      (c)     has by reason of illness or any other cause become unable or unfit to act as a member of the Board,

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   the Minister may, by giving notice in such manner as he thinks fit, declare that person's office as a member of the Board to have become vacant.

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   7.   No person who for the time being has any interest, whether as a shareholder or otherwise, in the business of an operator of aircraft or of the holder of an aerodrome licence shall act as a member of the Board unless he has declared his interest to the Board and to the Minister; and if the Minister is satisfied that, by reason of that interest or of any failure so to declare such an interest, it is right and proper so to do, the Minister may by giving notice in such manner as he thinks fit declare that person's office as a member of the Board to have become vacant.

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   8.   The Board may act notwithstanding a vacancy in the membership thereof, and no act of the Board shall be invalidated by reason of any irregularity in the appointment of any member thereof or by reason of any person irregularly acting as a member thereof.

   Table of Statutes referred to in this Act
   Short Title	Session and Chapter
   Civil Aviation Act, 1949	12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 67.
   Air Corporations Act, 1949	12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 91.
   House of Commons Disqualification Act, 1957	5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 20.

CHAPTER 8.08
CIVIL AVIATION (LICENSING) ACT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

List of Subsidiary Legislation

Civil Aviation (Licensing) (Application to Colonial-Registered Aircraft) Regulations – Section 1

(Statutory Instrument 1963 No. 1978 (U.K.))

Statutory Instrument 1963 No. 1978 (U.K.) .. in force 12 December 1963

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

CIVIL AVIATION (LICENSING) (APPLICATION TO COLONIAL-REGISTERED AIRCRAFT) REGULATIONS – SECTION 1

The Minister of Aviation, in exercise of his powers under section 1(4)(b) of the Civil Aviation (Licensing) Act 1960  8 & 9 Eliz, 2 c. 38 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

1.   Citation and operation

These Regulations shall come into operation on 12th December, 1963, and may be cited as the Civil Aviation (Licensing) (Application to Colonial-Registered Aircraft) Regulations 1963.

2.   Interpretation

The Interpretation Act 1889  52 Vict, c. 63 shall apply for the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

3.   Aircraft registered in Colonies and Protectorates

For the purposes of section 1(4)(b) of the Civil Aviation (Licensing) Act 1960 the following countries and territories are hereby prescribed—

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This Note is not part of the Regulations, but is intended to indicate their general purport)

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   Section 1 of the Civil Aviation (Licensing) Act 1960 applies (a) to any flight in any part of the world by aircraft registered in the United Kingdom, and (b) to any flight beginning or ending in the United Kingdom by aircraft registered in such other countries or territories as may by Regulations be prescribed. These Regulations prescribe colonies and protectorates, not including Kenya and Zanzibar.