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CH. 61

Civil Aviation Act 1968

1949 c. 67.

Byelaws at Board of

Trade

aerodromes.

of roads to which the public does not have access and n require the person owning or managing the aerodrome in question to indicate the roads or lengths of roads so exempted in such manner as may be specified in the order.

(4) Before making an order under this section in respect of any aerodrome the Minister of Transport shall consult the person owning or managing it.

(5) In this section—

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designated aerodrome means any aerodrome which is owned or managed by the Board of Trade or a local authority and is designated for the purposes of this section by an order made by the Minister of Transport; "the road traffic enactments means the enactments (whether passed before or after this Act) relating to road traffic, including the lighting and parking of vehicles, and any order or other instrument having effect by virtue of any such enactment;

"aerodrome constabulary means, in relation to an aero- drome owned or managed by the Board of Trade, the special constables appointed under section 37 of the Civil Aviation Act 1949 and, in relation to an aerodrome owned or managed by a local authority, any body of constables which the authority have power to maintain at that aerodrome.

(6) Any order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument, which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament, and may be varied or revoked by a subsequent order under this section.

(7) In the application of this section to Scotland or Wales, for any reference to the Minister of Transport there shall be substituted a reference to the Secretary of State; and for the purposes of this subsection Monmouthshire shall be treated as forming part of Wales.

2.--(1) The Board of Trade may, in respect of any aerodrome owned or managed by them, make byelaws for regulating the use and operation of the aerodrome and the conduct of all persons while within the aerodrome, and in particular byelaws—

(a) for securing the safety of aircraft, vehicles and persons using the aerodrome and preventing danger to the public arising from the use and operation of the aero- drome;

(b) for preventing obstruction within the aerodrome; (c) for regulating vehicular traffic anywhere within the aerodrome except on roads therein to which the road