72.Sections 90 to 97 deal with the collection and publication of information by the CAA under these provisions, the Secretary of State’s general powers to issue directions to the CAA, control in time of hostilities and the Civil Aviation Authority Pension Scheme.
73.Section 90 provides for the CAA to publish information which it thinks could be useful or appropriate to users or potential users of air traffic services in the UK. Section 91 requires the CAA to keep the provision of all air traffic services (in the UK and elsewhere) under review, and collect information about them. And in reviewing the provision of services it is to take account of the Secretary of State’s directions as to what considerations are to affect priorities under this duty.
74.Section 92 gives the Secretary of State a general power to direct the CAA as to whether and how it should exercise its various functions under Part I of this Act.
75.Section 93 gives the Secretary of State the power to give directions to a wide range of persons engaged in aviation and related activities (including the holder of a licence under Chapter I) in times of severe international tension, great national emergency or actual or imminent hostilities (whether or not there has been a formal declaration of war). These powers are broadly similar to those in the 1982 Act which this Act repeals. It is an offence to contravene or fail to comply with a direction. Compensation is payable by the Secretary of State for direct injury or loss arising from compliance with a direction. The penalties for committing an offence under this section range from a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum on summary conviction, to up to two years imprisonment and a fine on conviction on indictment.
76.Section 94 is a provision that enables the Secretary of State, by order made by statutory instrument (but not subject to Parliamentary procedure), to provide for the taking into possession of and use by or for the purposes of the armed forces of the Crown, any aerodrome, or any aircraft or other things found in or on an aerodrome. This may be done in the event of actual or imminent hostilities or of severe international tension or of great national emergency. The section allows for flexibility in the choice of action that may be taken at such times. Section 95 defines expressions used in sections 93 and 94.
77..Section 96 enables the Secretary of State to make an order providing for the allocation of assets, rights, liabilities or obligations between different sections of the Civil Aviation Authority Pension Scheme. Under section 103 (12) the Scheme Trustees must be consulted before any order is made. The Secretary of State is bound to secure that individual pension arrangements are at least as good after the order is made as before.
78.Section 97 introducesSchedule 8 which makes consequential amendments to various Acts
Commentary on Sections Part I: Air Traffic Chapter VI: Miscellaneous and General Sections 90 to 97: Miscellaneous