Bermuda Consolidated Legislation

BERMUDA
1995 : 40

CIVIL AIRPORTS LANDING FEES AND VALIDATION ACT 1995

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1 Short title

2 Interpretation

3 Landing fees, etc.

4 Validation of landing fees

[Date of Assent 21 December 1995]

[Operative Date 21 December 1995]

WHEREAS it is expedient to make provisions in respect of landing fees at the Bermuda Airport and to validate certain landing fees which were charged and collected by the Minister:

[words of enactment omitted]

Short title

1 This Act may be cited as the Civil Airports Landing Fees And Validation Act 1995.

Interpretation

2 In this Act—

"Bermuda Airport" has the meaning assigned to that expression by section 1 of the Civil Airports Act 1949 [title 23 item 1];

"gross weight of aircraft" means the maximum take-off weight authorized by the current certificate of airworthiness issued in respect of an aircraft by the State in which that aircraft is registered;

"landing fees" means fees payable in respect of an aircraft which lands at the Bermuda Airport; and

"Minister" has the meaning assigned to that expression by section 1 of the Civil Airports Act 1949 [title 23 item 1].

Landing fees, etc.

3 (1) The landing fees payable in respect of an aircraft shall be $2.80 per 1000 pounds gross weight of aircraft.

(2) The Minister may, by Regulations made under section 6(2)(k) of the Civil Airports Act 1949 [title 23 item1], vary the amount of the landing fees specified in subsection (1); and, upon the coming into operation of such Regulations, subsection (1) shall cease to have effect.

Validation of landing fees

4 Where, prior to the coming into operation of this Act, the Minister had charged and collected any landing fees, such landing fees shall, on the coming into operation of this Act, be deemed to have been validly charged and collected and no action, suit or proceeding shall be brought against the Minister by reason only of such charge or of such collection.