On this basis Section 3 of the Act would take the shape indicated in the annex to this letter; and no further Policy Guidance would be issued.
As the Secretary of State explained in his statement of 20 July, there will be no arbitrary reallocation of routes. The CAA would
apply the criteria to applications received in the normal way. The provision for appeal to the Secretary of State would remain unchanged.
It has also been suggested that section 3 should be amended so as to give the Authority a duty to take full account of the need to minimise disturbance caused to the public from noise, vibration and pollution arising from aircraft operations. This might be done generally, so as to apply to the exercise of all the Authority's functions; or it might be expressed to apply only to the air transport licensing function.
I should be grateful to learn your views on the above proposals, by mid-September.
To CAA only: It may be necessary, on the basis set out above, to consider an exchange of letters between the Authority and the Depart- ment covering the more mechanical and administrative arrangements at present included in the Guidance.7
I am writing in similar terms to those in the attached list.
JR Steele
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Mr Whitaker ✔ Mr Ledsome
Mr Kerry
Mr Colegate CAA
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