{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-departure-tax-scotland-act-2017/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-departure-tax-scotland-act-2017/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2017/2",
  "legislation_title": "Air Departure Tax (Scotland) Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-departure-tax-scotland-act-2017",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Changes of circumstance beyond passengers' control",
  "text": "(1) A passenger is a non-chargeable passenger in relation to a flight if, but for a change of circumstances beyond the passenger's control, the passenger would be a non-chargeable passenger in relation to the flight under any of sections 3 to 6 or regulations made under section 15.\n(2) Subsection (1) applies only if—\n(a) the passenger has a ticket for the flight, and\n(b) the change of circumstances arises after the ticket is issued or last amended.\n(3) A passenger is a non-chargeable passenger in relation to a flight (“flight F”) if—\n(a) the passenger is carried on flight F—\n(i) because of a change of circumstances beyond the passenger's control, but\n(ii) in the course of travel that is covered by an agreement for carriage,\n(b) the passenger has a ticket for every flight that is covered by the same agreement for carriage, and\n(c) the departure airport, date and time, and the arrival airport, for flight F are not shown on the ticket when the ticket is issued or last amended.\n(4) A change of circumstances is to be regarded as beyond a passenger's control if it is not attributable to an act or omission of the passenger.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2017/2/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:23.809208+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}