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1861 c. 100.
1883 c. 3.
1971 c. 48.
Power for
Secretary of
State to require information.
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(b) of aerodromes, and of such persons or property as (in the case of persons) are at any time present in any part of an aerodrome or (in the case of property) forms part of an aerodrome or is at any time (whether per- manently or temporarily) in any part of an aerodrome; and
(c) of air navigation installations which do not form part
of an aerodrome.
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(2) In this Part of this Act "act of violence means any act (whether actual or potential, and whether done or to be done in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) which either-
(a) being an act done in Great Britain, constitutes, or
(b) if done in Great Britain would constitute,
the offence of murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, culpable homicide or assault, or an offence under section 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28 or 29 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861, under section 2 of the Explosive Substances Act 1883 or under section of the Criminal Damage Act 1971 or, in Scotland, the offence of malicious mischief.
Powers of Secretary of State
11. (1) The Secretary of State may, by notice in writing served on any person who is--
(a) the operator of one or more aircraft registered or opera-
ting in the United Kingdom, or
(b) the manager of an aerodrome in the United Kingdom, require that person to inform the Secretary of State of the mea- sures, of a description specified in the notice, which are being taken in respect of aircraft registered or operating in the United Kingdom of which he is the operator or in respect of that aero- drome, as the case may be, for purposes to which this Part of this Act applies.
(2) A notice under subsection (1) above shall specify a date (not being earlier than four weeks from the date on which the notice is served) before which the information required by the notice in accordance with subsection (1) above is to be furnished to the Secretary of State.
(3) Any such notice shall also require the person on whom it served, after he has furnished to the Secretary of State the
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information required by the notice in accordance with subsection (1) above, to inform the Secretary of State if at any time-
(a) any further measures, in respect of aircraft registered or operating in the United Kingdom of which at that time he is the operator, or in respect of the aerodrome to which the information so furnished related, as the case may be, are taken for purposes to which this part of this Act applies, either-
or
(i) by way of alteration of, or addition to, the meas- ures specified in any information previously furnished by him under this section, or
(ii) by way of applying any measures so specified to aircraft, or to a part of the aerodrome, not com- prised in the previous information ;
(b) any measures taken as mentioned in that subsection or in paragraph (a) of this subsection are discontinued.
(4) In so far as such a notice requires further information to be furnished to the Secretary of State in accordance with sub- section (3) above, it shall require that information to be fur- nished to him before the end of such period (not being less than seven days from the date on which the further measures in ques- tion are taken or the measures are discontinued, as the case may be) as is specified in the notice for the purposes of this şub-
section.
(5) Any person who- --
(a) refuses or, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement imposed on him by a notice under this section, or
(b) in furnishing any information so required, makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular, or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable-
(i) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum ;
(ii) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.
(6) A notice served on a person under subsection (1) above may at any time be revoked by a further notice served on hini by the Secretary of State.
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