Part IAir traffic
Chapter IVCharges for air services
Miscellaneous
81Records
1
The Secretary of State may make regulations in order to facilitate the assessment and collection of charges payable by virtue of section 73.
2
The regulations may require operators or owners of aircraft or managers of aerodromes—
a
to make such records of the movements of aircraft, and of such other particulars relating to aircraft, as are specified;
b
to preserve the records for a specified period;
c
to produce relevant records for inspection by specified persons at specified times;
d
to provide specified particulars of relevant records to specified persons.
3
Relevant records are records required to be preserved by the operators, owners or managers by the regulations or an Air Navigation Order.
4
The persons who may be specified under subsection (2)(c) or (d) are—
a
in the case of charges payable to Eurocontrol, officers of the CAA or of Eurocontrol;
b
in the case of other charges, officers of the CAA or of the organisation, government or other person to whom the charges are payable.
5
The requirements may be imposed on the operator or owner of an aircraft whether or not—
a
it is registered in the United Kingdom;
b
it is in the United Kingdom when the services concerned are provided;
c
the services concerned are provided from a place in the United Kingdom.
6
A record includes (in addition to a record in writing)—
a
a disc, tape, sound-track or other device in which sounds or signals are embodied so as to be capable of being reproduced from it (with or without the aid of some other instrument);
b
a film, tape or other device in which visual images are embodied so as to be capable of being reproduced from it (with or without the aid of some other instrument);
c
a photograph.
7
An Air Navigation Order is an Order in Council under section 60 of the [1982 c. 16.] Civil Aviation Act 1982.
8
In subsection (4)—
a
a reference to officers of the CAA includes a reference to persons authorised to act as such officers;
b
a reference to officers of Eurocontrol includes a reference to persons authorised to act as such officers.