{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-aviation-act-2012/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-aviation-act-2012/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2012/19",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Aviation Act 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-aviation-act-2012",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Prohibition: exemption",
  "text": "(1) This section applies if a person who is the operator of an airport area (“area A”) on a day on which area A becomes a dominant area located at a dominant airport, or part of such an area, does not have a licence in respect of area A on that day.\n(2) For the purposes of section 3, the person is to be treated as having a licence in respect of area A during the preliminary period.\n(3) The preliminary period begins for area A on the day mentioned in subsection (1).\n(4) The preliminary period ends for area A when one of the following occurs—\n(a) a licence is granted to the person in respect of area A or an area that includes all of area A;\n(b) the CAA publishes a notice of its decision to refuse to grant a licence to the person in respect of area A;\n(c) the person ceases to be the operator of area A;\n(d) area A ceases to be a dominant area or part of a dominant area;\n(e) the airport at which area A is located ceases to be a dominant airport.\n(5) If subsection (4)(a), (b), (c) or (d) is satisfied in relation to a part of area A, the preliminary period ends for that part of the area.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 4 in force at 6.4.2013 by S.I. 2013/589, art. 2(1)-(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/19/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:39.128419+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."
}