{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aviation-security-act-1982/section-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aviation-security-act-1982/section-29.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/36",
  "legislation_title": "Aviation Security Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aviation-security-act-1982",
  "path": "section/29",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Control of road traffic at relevant aerodromes.",
  "text": "(1) So long as any aerodrome is a relevant aerodrome, the functions of a chief officer of police under any provisions applying in relation to the aerodrome under section 65 of the Airports Act 1986(application to certain aerodromes of provisions relating to road traffic) shall, notwithstanding any order under that section, be exercisable by that officer to the exclusion of the chief officer of any aerodrome constabulary; and for the purposes of any functions of a chief officer of police under those provisions any part of the aerodrome which is not within the relevant police area shall be treated as if it were.\n(2) In the application of this Part to Scotland and Northern Ireland, so long as any aerodrome is a relevant aerodrome—\n(a) traffic wardens appointed by the police authority for the relevant police area . . . may exercise their functions on the aerodrome and shall be entitled, as against the manager of the aerodrome, to enter the aerodrome accordingly;\n( b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n( 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 29(1) substituted (29.1.2010 for E.W.S., 1.4.2010 for N.I.) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), s. 116(1), Sch. 6 para. 9(3); S.I. 2010/125, art. 2(s); S.I. 2010/507, art. 5(u)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 29(1) substituted (1.8.1986) by Airports Act 1986 (c. 31, SIF 9) , ss. 83(1), 85(3) , Sch. 4 para. 9 (a); S.I. 1986/2228, art. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 29(2) inserted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 1.12.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 13 para. 2(a); S.I. 2017/1139, reg. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 29(2) substituted (29.1.2010 for E.W.S., 1.4.2010 for N.I) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), s. 116(1), Sch. 6 para. 9(4); S.I. 2010/125, art. 2(s); S.I. 2010/507, art. 5(u)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 29(2)(a) substituted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 1.12.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 13 para. 2(b); S.I. 2017/1139, reg. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 29(2)(a) repealed (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, ss. 325, 423, Sch. 27 para. 46(3), Sch. 34 Pt. VII (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/1648, art. 2 , Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 29(2)(b) repealed (1.8.1986) by Airports Act 1986 (c. 31, SIF 9) , ss. 83(5), 85(3) , Sch. 6 Pt. I ; S.I. 1986/2228, art. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "S. 29(3) repealed (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29 , ss. 423, Sch. 34 Pt. VII (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1) ); S.I. 2000/1648 , art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 29 heading substituted (29.1.2010 for E.W.S., 1.4.2010 for N.I) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), s. 116(1), Sch. 6 para. 9(2); S.I. 2010/125, art. 2(s); S.I. 2010/507, art. 5(u)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/36/section/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:11:02.217326+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."
}