Knowledge (XXG)

Airports Act 1986

Source 📝

34: 145: 51:
An 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
152:
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. The Airports Act 1986 transferred the powers relating to running government owned airports from the British
157:
government policy of privatisation. BAA plc. was created as a result of the act to take over the authority's responsibilities. The act also granted statutory authority to the CAA to continue to regulate civil aviation in the United Kingdom as well as BAA. At the time of passage, BAA became
52:
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
201:. 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. 382: 402: 392: 109: 133: 387: 57: 154: 38: 321: 175: 397: 246: 351: 125: 171: 129: 221: 167: 159: 296: 163: 46: 193:
The act also included a number of miscellaneous provisions that were eventually mirrored in airport
268: 95: 179: 187: 183: 91: 352:"Stag pair missed trip after being arrested for claiming there was a bomb on their plane" 113: 84: 376: 121: 117: 198: 329: 144: 153:
Airports Authority from the public sector to the private sector as part of a
94:
as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from
197:. This had the effect of making breaches of airport bylaws punishable under 132:
as a private company. It also granted additional regulatory powers to the
383:
Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning Great Britain
194: 143: 186:. The act only applied to Great Britain and does not apply to 322:"Development of airport is vital to North West, says MPs" 90: 83: 76: 66: 56: 45: 222:"Economic Regulation of the Airports of the UK" 8: 21: 110:Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom 20: 209: 85:Text of statute as originally enacted 7: 403:Civil aviation in the United Kingdom 393:Privatisation in the United Kingdom 290: 288: 286: 215: 213: 295:Wearden, Graeme (20 August 2008). 14: 39:Parliament of the United Kingdom 32: 388:Airports in the United Kingdom 128:from a public department into 1: 176:Glasgow International Airport 92:Text of the Airports Act 1986 419: 126:British Airports Authority 18:United Kingdom legislation 328:. Belfast. Archived from 172:Glasgow Prestwick Airport 31: 26: 271:. The Construction Index 134:Civil Aviation Authority 68:Territorial extent  168:London Stansted Airport 160:London Heathrow Airport 247:"Our statutory duties" 164:London Gatwick Airport 149: 147: 227:. University of Bath 398:1986 in British law 112:. The act reformed 23: 155:Conservative Party 150: 96:legislation.gov.uk 180:Edinburgh Airport 106:Airports Act 1986 102: 101: 27:Act of Parliament 22:Airports Act 1986 410: 368: 367: 365: 363: 348: 342: 341: 339: 337: 332:on 16 March 2018 318: 312: 311: 309: 307: 297:"History of BAA" 292: 281: 280: 278: 276: 269:"The end of BAA" 265: 259: 258: 256: 254: 243: 237: 236: 234: 232: 226: 217: 188:Northern Ireland 184:Aberdeen Airport 158:responsible for 69: 36: 35: 24: 418: 417: 413: 412: 411: 409: 408: 407: 373: 372: 371: 361: 359: 350: 349: 345: 335: 333: 320: 319: 315: 305: 303: 294: 293: 284: 274: 272: 267: 266: 262: 252: 250: 245: 244: 240: 230: 228: 224: 219: 218: 211: 207: 142: 79: 78:Status: Amended 67: 41: 33: 19: 12: 11: 5: 416: 414: 406: 405: 400: 395: 390: 385: 375: 374: 370: 369: 343: 313: 282: 260: 238: 220:Scott, Peter. 208: 206: 203: 141: 138: 114:civil aviation 108:(c. 31) is an 100: 99: 88: 87: 81: 80: 77: 74: 73: 70: 64: 63: 60: 54: 53: 49: 43: 42: 37: 29: 28: 17: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 415: 404: 401: 399: 396: 394: 391: 389: 386: 384: 381: 380: 378: 358:. 1 June 2016 357: 353: 347: 344: 331: 327: 323: 317: 314: 302: 298: 291: 289: 287: 283: 270: 264: 261: 248: 242: 239: 223: 216: 214: 210: 204: 202: 200: 196: 191: 189: 185: 181: 177: 173: 169: 165: 161: 156: 146: 139: 137: 135: 131: 127: 123: 119: 118:Great Britain 115: 111: 107: 97: 93: 89: 86: 82: 75: 72:Great Britain 71: 65: 61: 59: 55: 50: 48: 44: 40: 30: 25: 16: 360:. Retrieved 356:Glasgow Live 355: 346: 334:. Retrieved 330:the original 325: 316: 304:. Retrieved 301:The Guardian 300: 273:. Retrieved 263: 251:. Retrieved 241: 229:. Retrieved 199:criminal law 192: 151: 105: 103: 15: 326:News Letter 377:Categories 205:References 148:BAA's logo 122:privatised 62:1986 c. 31 47:Long title 362:15 March 336:15 March 306:15 March 275:15 March 253:15 March 231:15 March 58:Citation 136:(CAA). 195:bylaws 140:Effect 249:. CAA 225:(PDF) 364:2018 338:2018 308:2018 277:2018 255:2018 233:2018 182:and 124:the 120:and 104:The 130:BAA 116:in 379:: 354:. 324:. 299:. 285:^ 212:^ 190:. 178:, 174:, 170:, 166:, 162:, 366:. 340:. 310:. 279:. 257:. 235:. 98:.

Index

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title
Citation
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Airports Act 1986
legislation.gov.uk
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
civil aviation
Great Britain
privatised
British Airports Authority
BAA
Civil Aviation Authority

Conservative Party
London Heathrow Airport
London Gatwick Airport
London Stansted Airport
Glasgow Prestwick Airport
Glasgow International Airport
Edinburgh Airport
Aberdeen Airport
Northern Ireland
bylaws
criminal law


"Economic Regulation of the Airports of the UK"
"Our statutory duties"
"The end of BAA"

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.