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(2) Those contributions shall be payable in respect of pre- scribed periods and the contribution payable for any acro drome in respect of each such period shall be one of the follow- ing amounts, or if the regulations so provide, the aggregate of those amounts, that is to say-
(a) an amount ascertained by multiplying a prescribed sum by the number of passengers, or passengers of a prescribed description, who during that period arrived by air at or departed by air from that aerodrome or the number of such passengers in excess of a pre- scribed limit;
(b) an amount ascertained by multiplying a prescribed sum by the total prescribed units of weight of each aircraft, or aircraft of a prescribed description, which during that period arrived at or departed from that acro- drome.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above, regulations under this section may---
(a) prescribe the time when any contribution is to be paid; (b) charge interest at a rate prescribed with the consent of the Treasury on so much of any contribution as is overdue;
(c) require managers of aerodromes, in relation to the aerodromes under their management, to furnish the Secretary of State with such information, to keep such records and to make such returns to him about the matters mentioned in subsection (2) above as may be prescribed;
(d) provide that contravention of any prescribed provision of the regulations (other than a failure to pay a con- tribution or interest on any overdue contribution) shall be an offence, either triable on indictment or sum- marily or triable only summarily, and punishable in cach case with a fine, not exceeding, in the case of a summary conviction-
(i) in Great Britain, the statutory maximum if the offence is also triable on indictment or £1,000 if it is not;
(ii) in Northern Ireland, £1,000;
(e) make such incidental, supplemental and transitional
provision as the Secretary of State thinks fit; and
(f) make different provision for different cases.
(4) The Secretary of State shall pay into the Aviation Security Fund all money received by him by virtue of regulations made under this section.
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(5) The power to make regulations under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument; and regulations shall not be made under this section unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
(6) In this section tions under this section.
prescribed means prescribed by regula-
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34.-(1) The Secretary of State may borrow temporarily by Financing ol overdraft or otherwise such sums in sterling as he may require the Fund:
borrowing. for the purposes of the Aviation Security Fund.
(2) The Secretary of State shall pay into the Aviation Security Fund any sum borrowed under subsection (1) above; and the Secretary of State shall make any repayment in respect of the principal of any such sum, and any payment in respect of interest thercon, out of the Fund.
(3) The aggregate amount outstanding by way of principal in respect of sums borrowed by the Secretary of State under sub- section (1) above shall not at any time exceed £5 million, or such larger sum, not exceeding £10 million, as the Secretary of State may, by order made by statutory instrument with the con- sent of the Treasury, determine.
(4) The Treasury may guarantee in such manner and on such conditions as they think fit the repayment of, and the payment of any interest on, any sums borrowed by the Secretary of State under subsection (1) above.
(5) Immediately after any guarantee is given under subsection (4) above, the Treasury shall lay a statement of the guarantee before each House of Parliament.
(6) Any sums required by the Treasury for fulfilling any guarantee given under subsection (4) above shall be charged on and paid out of the Consolidated Fund.
(7) Where any sum is issued out of the Consolidated Fund under subsection (6) above, the Treasury shall, as soon as pos- sible after the end of each financial year (beginning with that in which the sum is issued and ending with that in which all liability in respect of the principal of the sum and in respect of interest thereon is finally discharged) lay before each House of Parliament an account of that sum and of any payments made, during the financial year to which the account relates. by way of repayment of that sum or by way of interest thereon.
(8) Any sum issued for fulfilling a guarantee given under subsection (4) above shall be repaid by the Secretary of State out of the Aviation Security Fund to the Treasury in such