{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/airports-act-1986/section-85",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/airports-act-1986/section-85.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/31",
  "legislation_title": "Airports Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/airports-act-1986",
  "path": "section/85",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "85",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Airports Act 1986.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) With the exception of the provisions mentioned in subsection (8), this Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.\n(8) Those provisions are—\nsection 2(4);\nPart III;\nsection 68;\nsections 72 to 74;\nsections 78 to 82;\nsection 83(1) and (5) and Schedules 4 and 6 so far as they amend or repeal any enactment extending to Northern Ireland; and\nthis section.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 85(2)-(6) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 85(5) powers of appointment conferred by s. 85(5), fully exercised: S.I. 1986/1228, 1487"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended (S)",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1994/39",
      "affecting_title": "Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/31/section/85",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:57:14.644210+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."
}