Civil Aviation Act 1982 (Overseas Territories) Order 2001

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2001/1452
  • This Order may be cited as the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (Overseas Territories) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 16th May 2001.
  • The Civil Aviation Act 1971 (Overseas Territories) Order 1976
  • (1) In Article 3, for “sections 8, 9, 10” there shall be substituted “sections 8 (except subsection (4) ) , 9”.(2) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 2, subsection (4) of section 8 shall be deleted.(3) Paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 shall be deleted.
  • Sections 61 and 75 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 modified as in Schedule 1 to this Order shall extend to the Territories specified in Schedule 2.
  • Nothing in this Order shall affect any Order in Council made under section 8 of the Civil Aviation Act 1949, as extended to the Territory by the Civil Aviation Act 1949 (Overseas Territories) Order 1969 or any regulations made under section 10 of the said Act as so extended, being an Order in Council or regulations in force immediately before the coming into force of this Order.
  • In this Order—
  • subject to subjection (2) below, for persons to be guilty of offences in such circumstances as may be specified in the Order and to be liable on conviction of those offences to such penalties as may be so specified; andin the case of a provision having effect by virtue of paragraph (l) of subsection (2) of the said section 8, for the taking of such steps (including firing on aircraft) as may be specified in the Order.to provide for offences to be triable only on indictment;to authorise the imposition, on summary conviction of any offence, of any term of imprisonment or of a fine exceeding the statutory maximum;to authorise the imposition, on conviction on indictment of an offence, of a term of imprisonment exceeding two years.for the investigation of any accident arising out of or in the course of air navigation and either occurring in or over the Territory or occurring elsewhere to aircraft registered in the Territory; andfor carrying out any Annex to the Chicago Convention (being an Annex adopted in accordance with the Convention and relating to the investigation of

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