to Passengers) (Designation of Competent Authority)

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta, Nru. 18,025, 26 ta’ Jannar, 2007

L.N. 13 of 2007

CIVIL AVIATION ACT

(CAP. 232)

Civil Aviation (Denied Boarding Compensation and Assistance

to Passengers) (Designation of Competent Authority)

(Amendment) Regulations, 2007

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>-

The title of these regulations is the Civil Aviation (Denied Citation.

Boarding Compensation and Assistance to Passengers) (Designation of

Competent Authority) (Amendment) Regulations, 2007 and it shall be

read and construed as one with the Civil Aviation (Denied Boarding

Compensation and Assistance to Passengers) (Designation of Competent

Authority) Regulations, 2005 hereinafter referred to as “the principal L.N. 63 of 2005.

regulations”.

Regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall be renumbered Renumbers

regulation 2 and

as regulation 3 thereof, and immediately after regulation 1 there shall be adds new

regulation to the

inserted the following>-

principal

regulations.

2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise

“Interpretation.

requires -

“Director of Civil Aviation” means the Director of

Civil Aviation and, to the extent of the authority given,

any person on that behalf by the Director<

“Regulation 261#2004” means Regulation (EC) No

261#2004 of European Parliament and of the Council of

11 February 2004 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<

“Regulation 2006#2004” means Regulation (EC)

No 2006#2004 of the European Parliament and of the

Council of 27 October 2004 on cooperation between

national authorities responsible for the enforcement of

consumer protection laws of the Regulation on consumer

protection cooperation.”.

For regulation 3 as renumbered of the principal regulations

there shall be substituted the following>

“3. For the purpose of Article 16 of Regulation (EC)

No. 261#2004, the Director of Civil Aviation is the designated

person responsible for the investigation and 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, and shall have the powers designated to competent

authorities under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No. 2006#2004.”.

Immediately after regulation 3 as renumbered of the principal

regulations there shall be added the following new regulation>-

4. (1) No person shall obstruct or impede the Director

of Civil Aviation in the exercise of any powers or duties under

these regulations.

(2) A person found guilty of an offence under this

regulation shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine

(multa) of not less than Lm250 but not exceeding Lm1000.”.

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