1964_CIVIL_AVIATION_(AIRCRAFT_NOISE)_ORDINANCE — Page 2

1986 Ed.]

Civil Aviation (Aircraft Noise)

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CHAPTER 312

CIVIL AVIATION (AIRCRAFT NOISE)

To control the emission of noise by aircraft and for matters ancillary

thereto or connected therewith.

11 May 1989

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Civil Aviation (Aircraft Noise) Ordinance and shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Governor by notice in the Gazette.

2. (1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires- "aerodrome" means any area of land or water designed, equipped,

set apart or commonly used for affording facilities for the landing and taking off of aircraft and includes any area or space, whether on the ground, on the roof of a building or elsewhere which is designed, equipped or set apart for affording facilities for the landing and taking off of aircraft capable of descending or climbing vertically and includes an aerodrome the management of which is vested in the Government of Hong Kong or in the Governor;

"aerodrome manager" means the person for the time being who manages an aerodrome or, in his absence, the person who for the time being manages the air traffic of the aerodrome and, except in section 7(2) and (3), includes a public officer or other Crown servant;

"the Annex" means Annex 16 to the Chicago Convention in so far as it relates to international standards and recommended practices for aircraft noise, any provision of the Chicago Convention for giving effect to Annex 16 and any amendment to Annex 16 made in accordance with the Chicago Convention in so far as it relates to such standards and practices;

"the Chicago Convention" means the Convention on International Civil Aviation which was, on 7 December 1944, signed on behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom at the International Civil Aviation Conference held at Chicago; "contracting State" means a State which is a party to the Chicago

Convention;

"Director" means the Director of Civil Aviation;

"noise certificate" means a certificate of compliance, by the aircraft to which it relates, with the standards of noise prescribed in the Annex and applicable to such an aircraft or which are equiva- lent to, or more restrictive than, such standards;

"operator", in relation to an aircraft, means the person having the management of the aircraft for the time being, or in relation to a time, at that time;

Originally 33 of 1986.

INTIRRT

Short title and commencement.

Interpretation.