{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aviation-security-act-1982/section-29D",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aviation-security-act-1982/section-29D.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/36",
  "legislation_title": "Aviation Security Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aviation-security-act-1982",
  "path": "section/29D",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "29D",
  "heading": "Dispute resolution: powers",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where the Secretary of State has considered a dispute about the policing of a relevant aerodrome.\n(2) Where the dispute is within section 29A(2)(a), the Secretary of State—\n(a) must make a declaration as to the terms which are to have effect as the terms of a police services agreement between the relevant persons, and\n(b) may make an order as to costs.\n(3) Where a declaration is made under subsection (2)(a), references in this Part to a police services agreement are to have effect, so far as necessary, as references to the terms which the declaration provides are to have effect as the terms of a police services agreement.\n(4) Where the dispute is within section 29A(2)(b), the Secretary of State may—\n(a) make a declaration varying the police services agreement;\n(b) determine that the manager of the aerodrome is obliged to pay to the local policing body or police authority for the relevant police area a specified sum or a sum to be assessed in a specified manner;\n(c) determine that the local policing body or police authority for the relevant police area is obliged to pay to the manager of the aerodrome a specified sum or a sum to be assessed in a specified manner;\n(d) determine that the manager of the aerodrome is obliged to provide specified accommodation and facilities for use in connection with the policing provided for the aerodrome;\n(e) make an order as to costs.\n(5) Where the dispute is within section 29A(2)(c), the Secretary of State may—\n(a) make a declaration as to how any term of the police services agreement is to be construed;\n(b) make a declaration as to how any term of the agreement is to be, or ought to have been, operated;\n(c) make a declaration varying the agreement;\n(d) determine that the manager of the aerodrome is obliged to pay to the local policing body or police authority for the relevant police area a specified sum or a sum to be assessed in a specified manner;\n(e) determine that the local policing body or police authority for the relevant police area is obliged to pay to the manager of the aerodrome a specified sum or a sum to be assessed in a specified manner;\n(f) determine that the manager of the aerodrome is obliged to provide specified accommodation and facilities for use in connection with the policing provided for the aerodrome;\n(g) make an order as to costs.\n(6) Where the dispute is within section 29A(2)(d), the Secretary of State may—\n(a) determine that the manager of the aerodrome is obliged to pay to the local policing body or police authority for the relevant police area a specified sum or a sum to be assessed in a specified manner;\n(b) determine that the local policing body or police authority for the relevant police area is obliged to pay to the manager of the aerodrome a specified sum or a sum to be assessed in a specified manner;\n(c) determine that the manager of the aerodrome is obliged to provide specified accommodation and facilities for use in connection with the policing provided for the aerodrome;\n(d) make an order as to costs.\n(7) In this section, “ costs ” means—\n(a) the legal or other costs incurred by the Secretary of State (including costs attributable to the work of officials of the Secretary of State), and\n(b) the legal or other costs incurred by any of the relevant persons.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 29A-29E substituted for ss. 29A-29D (29.1.2010 for E.W.S.) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26) , s. 116(1) , Sch. 6 para. 10 ; S.I. 2010/125 , art. 2(s)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 29D substituted (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 153; S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/36/section/29D",
    "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."
}