STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.

S.I. No. 336 of 2000.

IRISH AVIATION AUTHORITY (FEES) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 2000.

S.I. No. 336 of 2000.

IRISH AVIATION AUTHORITY (FEES) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 2000.

The Irish Aviation Authority, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 5, 58, 59, 60, and 60(1)(j)(i) of the Irish Aviation Authority Act, 1993 , ( No. 29 of 1993 ) as amended by the Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Act, 1998 (No. 24 of 1998) hereby orders as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Irish Aviation Authority (Fees) (Amendment) Order, 2000.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the first day of November 2000 or on the date of its publication in the Iris Oifigiúil whichever date occurs later.

(3) In this Order the Principal Order means the Irish Aviation Authority (Fees) Order, 2000 ( S.I. No. 24 of 2000 ).

(4) The Principal Order and this Order may be cited together as one and referred to as the Irish Aviation Authority (Fees) Orders, 2000.

2. In this Order--

“the Authority” means the Irish Aviation Authority;

“JAA licence” means a flight crew licence issued in accordance with JAR-FCL for a flight crew member or an aircraft maintenance licence granted in accordance with JAR 66 for an aircraft maintenance engineer;

“JAR 66” means the Joint Aviation Requirements applicable to aircraft maintenance licences;

“JAR-FCL” means the Joint Aviation Requirements applicable to Flight Crew Licensing;

“Joint Aviation Authorities (abbreviated as JAA)” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 14 of the Act;

“Joint Aviation Requirements (abbreviated as JARs)”

means Requirements adopted by the European Joint Aviation Authorities and accepted by the Authority under the terms of the Arrangements defined in section 14(6) of the Irish Aviation Authority Act, 1993 (No. 29 of 1993) .

3. The Principal Order is hereby amended by the deletion of Article 5 and the substitution of a new Article 5 as follows:

“5. (1) The Authority may give such directions in respect of such matters and things as may be specified in this Order for carrying out the purposes of this Order or the Schedules thereto as may be necessary and appropriate.

(2) The Authority may, by a direction under this Order, specify fees to be charged and levied by the Authority in respect of the issue, re-issue and validation of JAA licences and in respect of the issue, re-issue and validation of licences in accordance with JAR-FCL and in respect of the issue, revalidation and renewal of ratings appropriate thereto and in accordance with such provisions as are specified in the direction.

(3) Directions under this Order may be given in the form of Aeronautical Notice, Aeronautical Information Circular, or by Notice sent by registered post to the person affected.”

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order amends the Principal Order to accommodate changes in legislation which allow for the implementation of Joint Aviation Requirements with respect to Personnel Licensing and to provide for the setting of fees in that regard.