{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-aviation-authority-regulations-1991/regulation-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-aviation-authority-regulations-1991/regulation-21.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1672",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Aviation Authority Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-aviation-authority-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Consultation by the Authority",
  "text": "The Authority shall not grant, refuse to grant, revoke, suspend or vary any air transport licence or a route licence authorising flights to, from or within—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) the Isle of Man, without consulting the Isle of Man Department of Highways, Ports and Properties; or\n(c) Gibraltar, without consulting the Secretary of State;\nand subject to regulation 26(5) such consultations shall be completed before the date fixed for the hearing of the case pursuant to regulation 25:\nProvided that consultation as aforesaid shall not be required in a case where—\n(i) the application or licence in question is for not more than four flights in any one direction between the same two places;\n(ii) the Authority is acting in pursuance of its duty under section 65(2) or (3) or 66(3) of the Act; ...\n(iii) the Authority’s duty under section 31(2) of the Airports Act 1986 requires it to refuse to grant or to revoke, suspend or vary the licence; or\n(iv) the Authority is acting in pursuance of its duty under section 69A(4) of the Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 21 inserted (1.1.1993) by The Licensing of Air Carriers Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2992), para. 18, reg. 1, Sch. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 21(a) omitted (1.7.1996) by virtue of The Civil Aviation Authority (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1494), regs. 1, 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 21(ii) omitted (1.1.1993) by virtue of The Licensing of Air Carriers Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2992), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 21"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in reg. 21(iii) inserted (1.1.1993) by The Licensing of Air Carriers Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2992), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 22"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 21(iv) added (1.1.1993) by The Licensing of Air Carriers Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2992), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 23"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 21 in force at 1.9.1991, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1672/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:40:59.508201+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."
}