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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-aviation-act-2012/schedule-6/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2012/19",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Aviation Act 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-aviation-act-2012",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Paragraph 1(2) does not apply where information is disclosed—\n(a) for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out of functions of a relevant person under a relevant statutory provision, or\n(b) for the purposes of civil proceedings brought under or by virtue of a relevant statutory provision.\n(2) These are relevant persons—\nthe CAA;\na Minister of the Crown (within the meaning of the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975);\nthe Welsh Ministers;\nthe Scottish Ministers;\na Northern Ireland Department;\nthe Competition Appeal Tribunal;\nthe Competition and Markets Authority;\n...\nthe Gas and Electricity Markets Authority;\nthe Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation;\nthe Water Services Regulation Authority;\nthe Office of Rail Regulation Office of Rail and Road;\nthe Coal Authority;\nthe Office of Communications;\n...\na local weights and measures authority in Great Britain;\na district council in Northern Ireland.\n(3) These are relevant statutory provisions—\nPart 1 of this Act;\nsections 83 and 84 of this Act;\nTrade Descriptions Act 1968;\nFair Trading Act 1973;\nConsumer Credit Act 1974;\nEstate Agents Act 1979;\nCompetition Act 1980;\nCivil Aviation Act 1982;\nAir Navigation Orders made under section 60 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982;\nregulations made under section 75 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (investigation of accidents);\nAirports Act 1986;\nGas Act 1986;\nInsolvency Act 1986;\nConsumer Protection Act 1987;\nConsumer Protection (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (S.I. 1987/2049 (N.I. 20));\nElectricity Act 1989;\nInsolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19));\nBroadcasting Act 1990;\n...\nWater Industry Act 1991;\nWater Resources Act 1991;\nElectricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1));\nRailways Act 1993;\nAirports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/426 (N.I. 1));\nBroadcasting Act 1996;\nGas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/275 (N.I. 2));\nCompetition Act 1998;\nPart 1 of the Transport Act 2000;\nEnterprise Act 2002;\nCommunications Act 2003;\nWater Act 2003;\nRailways Act 2005;\nWater and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3336 (N.I. 21));\nPostal Services Act 2011;\nParts 3 and 4 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013;\nWater Act 2014;\nthe following provisions of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024—\n(a)Part 3;\n(b)Chapter 1 of Part 4;\n(c)Chapter 2 of Part 5.\nand subordinate legislation made for the purpose of securing compliance with relevant EU provisions.\n(4) These are relevant EU provisions—\n(a) Articles 104 and 105 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (competition);\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) Directive 2006/114/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 concerning misleading and comparative advertising;\n(d) Directive 2009/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on airport charges.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 4(2) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 203(2)(a) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 4(2) entry omitted (1.4.2014) by virtue of The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 203(2)(b) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 4(2) substituted (E.W.S.) (16.10.2015) by The Office of Rail Regulation (Change of Name) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1682), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 4(u)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 4(2) omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(7), Sch. 6 para. 22(17); S.I. 2015/1732, art. 2(e)(vi) (with art. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 4(3) omitted (1.10.2013) by virtue of The Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 (Repeal) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1575), art. 1, Sch. para. 15"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 4(3) inserted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 203(3) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 4(3) inserted (31.3.2017) by The Water Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments etc.) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/506), arts. 1(1), 16"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 4(3) inserted (1.1.2025) by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), s. 339(1), Sch. 30 para. 33(a); S.I. 2024/1226, regs. 1(2), 2(1)(22)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 4(3)(b) omitted (6.4.2025 for specified purposes, 1.1.2026 for specified purposes, 6.4.2026 for specified purposes) by virtue of The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/381), reg. 1(2)(4), Sch. para. 20; S.I. 2025/272, reg. 3; S.I. 2026/284, regs. 1(2), 2(1)(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 4(4)(b) omitted (6.4.2025) by virtue of Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), s. 339(1), Sch. 30 para. 33(b); S.I. 2025/272, reg. 2(1)(14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 4 in force at 6.4.2013 by S.I. 2013/589, art. 2(1)-(3)"
    }
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  "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."
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