Airports Act 1986

Airports Act 1986[a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to provide for the dissolution of the British Airports Authority and the vesting of its property, rights and liabilities in a company nominated by the Secretary of State; to provide for the reorganisation of other airport undertakings in the public sector; to provide for the regulation of the use of airports and for the imposition of economic controls at certain airports; to make other amendments of the law relating to airports; to make provision with respect to the control of capital expenditure by local authority airport undertakings; and for connected purposes
Citation1986 c. 31
Territorial extent 
[b]
Dates
Royal assent8 July 1986
Commencement
  • 8 July 1986 (various)[c]
  • 31 July 1986 (various)[d]
  • 1 August 1986 (various)[e]
  • 8 September 1986 (various)[f]
  • 1 October 1986 (various)[g]
  • 1 April 1987 (rest of act)[g]
Other legislation
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Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
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Relates to
Status: Amended
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Airports Act 1986 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Airports Act 1986 (c. 31) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act reformed civil aviation in Great Britain and privatised the British Airports Authority from a public department into BAA as a private company.[1] It also granted additional regulatory powers to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).[2]

Provisions

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The British Airports Authority was established in 1965 by the Airports Authority Act 1965 to take management of the UK's larger airports into public ownership under a government authority.[3] The Airports Act 1986 transferred the powers relating to running government owned airports from the British Airports Authority from the public sector to the private sector as part of a Conservative Party government policy of privatisation.[4] BAA plc. was created as a result of the act to take over the authority's responsibilities.[4] The act also granted statutory authority to the CAA to continue to regulate civil aviation in the United Kingdom as well as BAA.[1] At the time of passage, BAA became responsible for London Heathrow Airport, London Gatwick Airport, London Stansted Airport, Glasgow Prestwick Airport, Glasgow International Airport, Edinburgh Airport and Aberdeen Airport.[4] The act only applied to Great Britain and does not apply to Northern Ireland.[5]

The act also included a number of miscellaneous provisions that were eventually mirrored in airport byelaws. This had the effect of making breaches of airport byelaws punishable under criminal law. An example of this was in 2016 where two people were arrested and charged for being "drunk or under the influence of drugs or other intoxicating substances" in "a restricted area of the airport" contrary to Sections 63 and 63.1 of the Airports Act.[6]

Repealed enactments

Section 83(5) of the act repealed 29 enactments, listed in parts I and II of schedule 6 to the act.[7]

Part I – Repeals coming into force on the appointed day
Citation Short title Extent of repeal
1966 c. 34 Industrial Development Act 1966 In Schedule 2, the entry relating to the British Airports Authority.
1971 c. 78 Town and Country Planning Act 1971 In section 224(1)(c), the words "the British Airports Authority or ".
1972 c. 52 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 In section 213(1)(c), the words "the British Airports Authority or ".
1975 c. 24 House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 In Part II of Schedule 1, the entry relating to the British Airports Authority.
1975 c. 78 Airports Authority Act 1975 The whole act.
1976 c. 57 Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 In section 15(3), the words "the British Airports Authority,".
1976 c. 70 Land Drainage Act 1976 In section 112(2), the words "the British Airports Authority,".
1976 c. 75 Development of Rural Wales Act 1976 In section 34(1), in the definition of "statutory undertakers", the words "the British Airports Authority,".
1978 c. 3 Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 Section 12(1). Schedule 1.
1978 c. 8 Civil Aviation Act 1978 Section 8. In Schedule 1, paragraph 7.
1979 c. 46 Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 In section 61(2)(b), the words "the British Airports Authority,".
1980 c. 60 Civil Aviation Act 1980 Sections 24 and 25.
1980 c. 65 Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 In section 108(1)(b), the words "the British Airports Authority,". In section 120(3), in the definition of "statutory undertakers", the words "the British Airports Authority,". In section 170(1)(b), the words "the British Airports Authority,". In Schedule 16, paragraph 10.
1981 c. 64 New Towns Act 1981 In section 78(1)(c), the words "the British Airports Authority or". In section 79(1)(b), the words "or the British Airports". In Schedule 12, paragraph 19.
1981 c. 67 Acquisition of Land Act 1981 In section 8, in subsection (1)(b), the words "the British Airports Authority or", and subsection (2). In section 32(8), the words from "section 17(1)" to the end. In Schedule 4, paragraph 25.
1982 c. 1 Civil Aviation (Amendment) Act 1982 Section 1.
1982 c. 16 Civil Aviation Act 1982 Section 34(2). In section 35(1), the words "is managed by a person other than the BAA and". In section 88(10), the words ", the BAA". In section 105(1), the definition of the BAA. In Schedule 15, paragraph 17.
1982 c. 36 Aviation Security Act 1982 Section 27(7). Section 29(2)(b). Section 30(3)(b). In section 38(1), in the definition of "manager", the words "the British Airports Authority,".
1982 c. 48 Criminal Justice Act 1982 Section 44. In section 81(3), the words "section 44".
1983 c. 44 National Audit Act 1983 In Part I of Schedule 4, the entry relating to the British Airports Authority.
1984 c. 12 Telecommunications Act 1984 In Schedule 4, paragraph 64.
1984 c. 22 Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 In section 14(1), the words "or the British Airports Authority".
1984 c. 27 Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 In section 43(1), the words "and no such regulations" onwards. In Schedule 13, paragraph 33.
1984 c. 55 Building Act 1984 In section 4(1)(b) the words ", the British Airports Authority", in sub-paragraph (i) the words "or in the case of the British Airports Authority a house or a hotel,", and in sub-paragraph (ii) the words "the British Airports Authority or" and "in question". In section 59(4), the words ", the British Airports Authority", in paragraph (a) the words "or in the case of the British Airports Authority a house or a hotel,", and in paragraph (b) the words "the British Airports Authority or" and "in question".
1985 c. 71 Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 In Schedule 2, paragraph 29.
Part II – Repeals coming into force on a date appointed under section 85(5)
Citation Short title Extent of repeal
1973 c. 41 Fair Trading Act 1973 In Part II of Schedule 7, paragraph 13.
1980 c. 65 Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 Section 72(4)(iii).
1982 c. 16 Civil Aviation Act 1982 Section 27. Section 29. Sections 32 and 33. Section 37. In section 38(2), the words "Without prejudice to section 60(3)(f)),". Section 40. Section 58. Section 60(3)(o). Section 61(6). Section 99(5)(a). Schedule 5. In Part II of Schedule 13, the entries relating to sections 32(5), 33(1), 37, 40(2) and 61(6) of the 1982 Act. In Schedule 14, paragraph 5(1).
1982 c. 48 Criminal Justice Act 1982 Section 45. In section 81(5), the words "section 45".

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 85(1).
  2. ↑ Section 85(7)–(8).
  3. ↑ Section 85(2).
  4. ↑ Section 85(5). The Airports Act 1986 (Commencement No. 1 and Appointed Day) Order 1986 (SI 1986/1228).
  5. ↑ Sections 85(3) and (5). The Airports Act 1986 (Commencement No. 1 and Appointed Day) Order 1986 (SI 1986/1228).
  6. ↑ Section 85(4).
  7. 1 2 Section 85(5). The Airports Act 1986 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1986 (SI 1986/1487).

References

  1. 1 2 Scott, Peter. "Economic Regulation of the Airports of the UK" (PDF). University of Bath. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Our statutory duties". CAA. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "The end of BAA". The Construction Index. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 Wearden, Graeme (20 August 2008). "History of BAA". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Development of airport is vital to North West, says MPs". News Letter. Belfast. Archived from the original on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Stag pair missed trip after being arrested for claiming there was a bomb on their plane". Glasgow Live. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Airports Act 1986", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1986 c. 31
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