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Civil Aviation Act 1982
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Design, construction and maintenance of aircraftU.K.
85 Design, construction and maintenance of aircraft.U.K.
(1)It shall be the duty of the CAA to consult the board referred to in subsection (2) below on all matters appearing to the CAA to be of significance as respects the standards of design, construction and maintenance by reference to which certificates of airworthiness for aircraft are to be granted or renewed in pursuance of Air Navigation Orders and to consult the said board as to whether an aircraft of a new type satisfies the standards of design and construction required for the issue of such a certificate for the aircraft; and—
(a)any question whether a matter is one on which consultations are required by virtue of this subsection shall be decided by the CAA;
(b)it shall be the duty of the CAA to consider all advice given to it by the said board in pursuance of this section;
(c)if the CAA decides not to proceed in accordance with any advice given to it by the said board it shall be the duty of the CAA to inform the board in writing of its reasons for the decision and, if the advice was given in consequence of consultations required by virtue of this subsection, to publish particulars of the case forthwith in the prescribed manner.
(2)There shall continue to be a body of persons, to be known as the Airworthiness Requirements Board (and hereinafter in this section referred to as “the board”), of which the functions shall be—
(a)to give advice to the CAA on—
(i)all matters on which the CAA consults the board in pursuance of subsection (1) above; and
(ii)any other matters which appear to the board to relate to the standards mentioned in that subsection and on which the board considers it appropriate to give advice to the CAA;
(b)to consult such persons as the board considers appropriate for the purposes of giving such advice as aforesaid.
(3)The board shall consist of not less than twelve nor more than twenty persons appointed by the CAA of whom—
(a)four shall be appointed on the nomination of any body or persons appearing to the CAA to be representative—
(i)as to one of the four, of manufacturers of aircraft,
(ii)as to another of them, of operators of aircraft,
(iii)as to another of them, of insurers of aircraft,
(iv)as to the other of them, of pilots of aircraft;
(b)more than half the persons for the time being so appointed shall be representative members (and in this paragraph “representative member” means a person appointed to be a member of the board on the nomination of any body or persons appearing to the CAA to be representative of manufacturers or operators or insurers or pilots of aircraft); and
(c)the remainder may include one or more members of the CAA;
and the CAA shall designate as the chairman of the board a member of it nominated by the board.
(4)Schedule 11 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the board.
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