Commentary Schedule 11: Aviation security directions etc: minor and consequential amendments Section 81: Power to modify functions of CAA etc relating to aviation security
270.Section 81 inserts new section 21J into the ASA 1982 (power to modify functions of CAA etc relating to aviation security). The new section enables the Secretary of State to modify, by regulations, the aviation security functions of the CAA and the functions of authorised persons who are authorised by the CAA. This new section provides that before making any such regulations, the Secretary of State must consult the CAA.