Clause 19
Planning Bill
12:45 pm
Amendment made: No. 125, in clause 19, page 10, line 8, leave out from ‘England’ to end of line 20 and insert ‘or in English waters, and
(b) is expected to be capable of providing services which meet the requirements of subsection (2).
(2) Services meet the requirements of this subsection if they are—
(a) air passenger transport services for at least 10 million passengers per year, or
(b) air cargo transport services for at least 10,000 air transport movements of cargo aircraft per year.
(3) An alteration of an airport is within section 13(1)(f) only if—
(a) the airport is in England or in English waters, and
(b) the alteration is expected to have the effect specified in subsection (4).
(4) The effect is—
(a) to increase by at least 10 million per year the number of passengers for whom the airport is capable of providing air passenger transport services, or
(b) to increase by at least 10,000 per year the number of air transport movements of cargo aircraft for which the airport is capable of providing air cargo transport services.
(5) “Alteration”, in relation to an airport, includes the construction, extension or alteration of—
(a) a runway at the airport,
(b) a building at the airport, or
(c) a radar or radio mast, antenna or other apparatus at the airport.
(6) In this section—
“air cargo transport services” means services for the carriage by air of cargo;
“air passenger transport services” means services for the carriage by air of passengers;
“air transport movement” means a landing or take-off of an aircraft;
“cargo” includes mail;
“cargo aircraft” means an aircraft which is—
(c) designed to transport cargo but not passengers, and
(d) engaged in the transport of cargo on commercial terms;
“English waters” means waters adjacent to England up to the seaward limits of the territorial sea.’.—[Jim Fitzpatrick.]