Section 5Part 2 — Establishment and Administration of Airports Authority
Functions of Authority
←→ Navigate · Click subsection badges to collapse · Press ? for help
The functions of the Authority are —
such functions as are, for the time being, conferred on the Governor by or under any Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order [UKSI 2001/2128] or other regulations of a similar nature made under any United Kingdom Act with respect to the regulation of civil aviation in the Cayman Islands (including the registration of aircraft), the safety of air navigation and aircraft (including airworthiness), the regulation of air traffic, the certification of operators of aircraft and the licensing of air crews, the licensing of air transport services, and the certification and licensing of airports;
the enforcement of this Law, and of all laws of the United Kingdom relating to civil aviation and having application in the Islands, other than laws relating to the investigation of accidents;
to ensure that civil aviation in the Cayman Islands conforms to the standards and recommended practices of the ICAO;
the inspection of aircraft for the purpose of checking and enforcing compliance with this Law;
the creation and maintenance of a mortgage register (to be known as the "Register of Aircraft Mortgages") for the registration of mortgages of aircraft;
the inspection of airports, including airport safety management practices for the purpose of checking and enforcing compliance with this Law;
the inspection of air transport operators' facilities, air traffic control facilities, air navigation aids, and aircraft maintenance facilities, for the purpose of checking and enforcing compliance with this Law; and
such functions as are for the time being conferred on it by virtue of this Law or any other law or any regulations respectively made thereunder,
and nothing in this Law relating to the Authority shall be construed as derogating from any power exercisable by virtue of this or any other law to make regulations conferring any further function on the Authority.
The Authority has power to carry on any activity which appears to it to be requisite, advantageous or convenient for or in connection with the discharge of its functions.
The Authority shall perform its functions through the Director-General.