Paragraph 5

“Licensing of air transport and commercial flying

Section 13

(1)

The Governor may, with the approval of a Secretary of State, make regulations—

(a)

to secure that aircraft shall not be used in the Colony by any person—

(i)

for plying, while carrying passengers or goods for hire or reward, on such journeys or classes of journeys (whether beginning and ending at the same point or at different points) as may be specified in the regulations, or

(ii)

for such flying undertaken for the purpose of any trade or business as may be so specified,

except under the authority of, and in accordance with, a licence granted to the said person by the licensing authority specified in the regulations;

(b)

as to the circumstances in which a licence under the regulations may or shall be granted, refused, revoked or suspended, and in particular as to the matters to which the licensing authority specified in the regulations is to have regard in deciding whether to grant or refuse such a licence;

(c)

as to appeals from the licensing authority by persons interested in the grant, refusal, revocation or suspension of any licence under the regulations;

(d)

as to the conditions which may be attached to such a licence (including conditions as to the fares, freight or other charges to be charged by the holder of the licence), and for securing compliance with any conditions so attached;

(e)

as to the information to be furnished by an applicant for, or the holder of, such a licence to such authorities as may be specified in the regulations;

(f)

prescribing the fees to be paid in respect of the grant of any licence under the regulations, or enabling such fees to be prescribed by any person or authority specified in that behalf by the regulations;

and such regulations may make different provision as respects different classes of aircraft and different classes of licences.

(2)

Regulations made under this section may, for the purpose of securing compliance with the regulations, provide for the imposition of the following penalties, namely—

(a)

in the case of a first offence against the regulations, a fine not exceeding five hundred pounds or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or both such fine and such imprisonment; and

(b)

in the case of a second or subsequent offence against the regulations, a fine not exceeding five thousand pounds or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or both such fine and such imprisonment.

(3)

Part VI of this Act applies to this section.”