Civil Aviation Act 198/2
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Appendix B UK Statutes
Jurisdiction, etc.
91. Jurisdiction in civil matters. Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision as to the courts in which proceedings may be taken for enforcing any claim in respect of aircraft, and in particular may provide
(a) for conferring jurisdiction in any such proceedings on any court exercis-
ing Admiralty jurisdiction; and
(b) for applying to such proceedings any rules of practice or procedure
applicable to proceedings in Admiralty.
92. Application of criminal law to aircraft. (1) Any act or omission taking place on board a British-controlled aircraft while in flight elsewhere than in or over the United Kingdom which, if taking place in, or in a part of, the United Kingdom, would constitute an offence under the law in force in, or in that part of, the United Kingdom shall constitute that offence; but this subsection shall not apply to any act or omission which is expressly or impliedly authorised by or under that law when taking place outside the United Kingdom.
(2) Subject to any provision to the contrary in any Act passed after 14th July 1967, no proceedings for any offence under the law in force in, or in a part of, the United Kingdom committed on board an aircraft while in flight elsewhere than in or over the United Kingdom (other than an offence under, or under any instru- ment made under, any of the air navigation enactments) shall be instituted—
(a) in England and Wales, except by or with the consent of the Director of
Public Prosecutions; or
(b) in Northern Ireland, except by or with the consent of the Attorney
General for Northern Ireland;
but, unless the Attorney General for Northern Ireland otherwise directs, para- graph (b) above shall be deemed to be complied with as respects the institution of any proceedings if the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland gives his consent to the institution or carrying on of the proceedings.
(3) For the purpose of conferring jurisdiction, any offence under the law in force in, or in a part of, the United Kingdom committed on board an aircraft in flight shall be deemed to have been committed in any place in the United Kingdom (or, as the case may be, in that part thereof) where the offender may for the time being be.
(4) For the purposes of this section the period during which an aircraft is in flight shall be deemed to include any period from the moment when power is applied for the purpose of the aircraft taking off on a flight until the moment when the landing run (if any) at the termination of that flight ends; and any reference in this section to an aircraft in flight shall include a reference to an aircraft during any period when it is on the surface of the sea or land but not within territorial limits of any country.
(5) In this section, except where the context otherwise requires--
"aircraft" means any aircraft, whether or not a British-controlled aircraft,
other than-
(a) a military aircraft; or
(b) subject to section 101 (1) (b) below, an aircraft which, not being a military aircraft, belongs to or is exclusively employed in the ser- vice of Her Majesty in right of the United Kingdom;
"the air navigation enactments" mean the enactments contained in sections
60 to 62, 72 to 77, 81 to 83, 87 and 97 of this Act; "British-controlled aircraft" means an aircraft-
(4) which is for the time being registered in the United Kingdom; or (b) which is not for the time being registered in any country but in the case of which either the operator of the aircraft or each person entitled as owner to any legal or beneficial interest in it satisfies the
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