Regulations, 2005

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta, Nru. 17,739, 11 ta’ Marzu, 2005

L.N. 63 of 2005

CIVIL AVIATION ACT

(CAP. 232)

Civil Aviation (Denied Boarding Compensation and Assistance

to Passengers) (Designation of Competent Authority)

Regulations, 2005

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 3 of the Civil

Aviation Act, the Minister for Competitiveness and Communications

hereby makes the following regulations>–

(1) The title of these regulations is the Civil Aviation (Denied Citation and

commencement.

Boarding Compensation and Assistance to Passengers) (Designation

of Competent Authority) Regulations, 2005.

(2) These regulations shall come into force on the 17th

February 2005.

For the purposes of Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 261#2004 Designation of

competent

of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 authority.

establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers

in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of

flights, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No. 295#91, the Director of

Civil Aviation is the designated person responsible for the enforcement

of the provisions of the said EC Regulation as regards flights from

airports situated in Malta and flights from a third country to Malta.

The Civil Aviation (Denied Boarding Compensation) Revokes L.N. 78 of

2001. Regulations, 2001 is hereby revoked.