Understand the legal impact of regulatory bodies on aviation organisations Organisations that have a legal impact on the entire structure: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Department for Transport Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Organisations that have a legal impact in specialist areas: UK Border Force emergency services police Regulation 261 (as incorporated into UK law via the European Union (Withdrawal) Act of 2018) provides rules concerning compensation for denied boarding and/or cancelled or delayed flights. The initiative, based on feedback from passengers, is "designed to encourage, and recognize the airline's 13 million frequent flyers for doing things like offsetting their flights, staying in eco-hotels, walking to work, and installing solar panels at home". Similarly, the mortgagee of an aircraft registered with the CAA may take peaceful possession of an aircraft following a similar default and it will then, in addition, have the power to sell the relevant aircraft if such power is properly and expressly described in the relevant mortgage agreement. In terms of the Civil Aviation Act 2012, an airport operator that has, or is likely to acquire, substantial market power requires a licence from the CAA. 4.13 Are the airport authorities governed by particular legislation? In October 2018, London Gatwick, the UKs second-busiest airport, published proposals to move its standby runway to use it for short-haul flights by the mid-2020s. the aviation industry manages security risks effectively. Applicants for registration of a mortgage must complete and provide to the CAA a Form CA1577 (see www.caa.co.uk), together with a complete copy of the related aircraft mortgage deed (provided it has been certified as a true copy by the applicant). The 4 steps of the . Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 . UK Regulations | Civil Aviation Authority For example, London Heathrow is owned by Heathrow Airport Holdings Limited (formerly BAA) which is owned by FGP Topco Limited, a consortium led by Ferrovial SA; Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton airports are owned by AGS Airports Limited which is jointly held by Ferrovial SA (via Faero UK Holding Limited) and AGS Ventures Airports Limited; Manchester Airport is owned by Manchester Airports Group plc; and London Gatwick is owned by French VINCI Airports (majority shareholder) and Global Infrastructure Partners. If the clause does not explicitly address costs being recoverable in the occurrence of a triggering event, the general common law position is that costs are not recoverable. A fee is payable to the CMA in respect of relevant merger situations. 3.1 What rights of detention are available in relation to aircraft and unpaid debts? Airport charges means: (a) charges levied on operators of aircraft in connection with the landing, parking or taking-off of aircraft at the airport (but excluding charges for air navigation services and certain penalties in connection with aircraft noise and vibration caused by aircraft); and (b) charges levied on aircraft passengers in connection with their arrival at, or departure from, the airport by air. This type of application may be made without notice to the operator of the relevant aircraft if the mortgagee or the lessor (as the case may be) can demonstrate the urgency of the matter to the court in accordance with the applicable Civil Procedure Rules. Since 2003, EASA is responsible for the certification of aircraft in the EU and for some European non-EU Countries. Regulators include bodies to which regulatory functions have been delegated, where the delegation is authorised by legislation and irrespective of whether the regulator is specified in the. Of less frequent application, a creditor may obtain a freezing injunction, restraining an aircraft pending judgment and execution of the judgment debt. Consumer rights legislation will continue to strengthen in the UK as a result of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and the ever-present bolstering of Regulation 261, primarily by the CJEUs interpretation of the Regulation, as now clarified to an extent by the 2016 Interpretative Guidelines, but also in relation to a revision to the Regulation (which remains to be agreed). Aviation Regulated Services - Met Office Professional associations also act to regulate their memberships. Where an individual has suffered material or non-material damage due to a data controllers breach of the UK GDPR, that individual is entitled to claim compensation from the data controller or processor. More complex or valuable cases will be heard in the Chancery Division of the High Court. You have rejected additional cookies. The DPA 2018 creates several criminal offences, including (amongst others) unlawfully obtaining personal data, selling personal data obtained unlawfully, altering personal data to prevent disclosure to the data subject, failing to comply with an enforcement notice and making a false statement in response to an information notice.