6Aerodrome operator may fix fees for arrivals, departures, &c.

6 Aerodrome operator may fix fees for arrivals, departures, &c.

(1)  A person who operates an aerodrome may fix a fee for any or all of the following:

(a) the arrival of an aircraft at the aerodrome;

(b) the departure of an aircraft from the aerodrome;

(c) the parking of an aircraft at the aerodrome;

(d) a training flight approach to the aerodrome;

(e) the carrying out of an activity, or the provision of a service, at the aerodrome directly related to the arrival, departure, parking or training flight approach of an aircraft;

(f) late payment of a fee fixed under this section.

(2)  If an aerodrome operator fixes fees under this section, the aerodrome operator must publish a notice setting out the fees in the Gazette and in –

(a) a daily newspaper circulating in the State; or

(b) a periodical publication prescribed by the regulations.

(3)  A fee fixed under this section –

(a) may vary according to different factors or to the circumstances in which it is to apply; and

(b) comes into force on the day specified in the notice of the fee published under this section, being a day not earlier than the day on which the notice is published.

(4)  For the purposes of this section, an aircraft makes a training flight approach to an aerodrome if the aircraft makes a planned descent to, or in the immediate proximity of, a runway at the aerodrome (whether or not the aircraft touches the runway) during a flight undertaken for the training or testing of a person as a pilot or member of a flight crew.