S.I. No. 506/2011 - European Communities (Compensation and Assistance to Air Passengers) (Denied Boarding, Cancellation or Long Delay of Flights) Regulations 2011.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Compensation and Assistance to Air Passengers) (Denied Boarding, Cancellation or Long Delay of Flights) Regulations 2011.

2. The

Aviation Regulation Act 2001

is amended by inserting after section 45A(6) the following

“(7) For the purpose of the exercise of jurisdiction in relation to an offence under this section, the act constituting the offence shall be deemed to have been committed within the area of the Dublin Metropolitan District.”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

1 October 2011.

LEO VARADKAR,

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

.

The purpose of these Regulations is to provide that proceedings for offences under S.45(a) of the

Aviation Regulation Act 2001

are commenced in the Dublin Metropolitan District Court, regardless of where the offence was committed. The

Aviation Regulation Act 2001

was amended by the

Aviation Act 2006

.

1 OJ No. L 46, 17.02.2004, p. 1

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

7

th October

, 2011.

I, LEO VARADKAR, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 3

of the

European Communities Act 1972

(No. 27 of 1972) and for the purposes of giving further effect to Regulation (EC) No. 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004

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, hereby make the following regulations