Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (Price Control of Aeronautical Charges) (Amendment) Rules 2014

No. S 778

Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act

(CHAPTER 41)

Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore
(Price Control of Aeronautical Charges)
(Amendment) Rules 2014

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 52(2) of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act, the Minister for Transport hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (Price Control of Aeronautical Charges) (Amendment) Rules 2014 and shall come into operation on 1 December 2014.

Amendment of rule 2

2. Rule 2(1) of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (Price Control of Aeronautical Charges) Rules 2009 (G.N. No. S 298/2009) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended by deleting paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of “unregulated services and facilities” and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(a)	which are not related to the operation and maintenance of civil aviation at the airport; or
(b)	which are or can be competitively offered in Singapore.”.

Amendment of rule 3

3. Rule 3(2) of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “air navigation services”, the words “and unregulated services and facilities”.

Amendment of rule 5

4. Rule 5 of the principal Rules is amended by deleting paragraphs (5), (6) and (7) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(5) Upon any certification under paragraph (1) or cancellation of any such certification under paragraph (2), or upon any recommendation under paragraph (3), the Authority must, within 7 days after the certification or cancellation or recommendation, as the case may be, give notice thereof by giving a copy of its decision to the airport licensee concerned.

(6) The Authority must state in the copy of its decision referred to in paragraph (5), the effective date of the certification or cancellation or recommendation, as the case may be.”.

Amendment of rule 20

5. Rule 20(4) of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)	by deleting the semi-colon at the end of sub‑paragraph (e) and substituting a full‑stop; and
(b)	by deleting sub-paragraph (f).

Amendment of rule 21

6. Rule 21 of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(1) If the airport licensee is required by the Authority in the notice of aeronautical services and facilities pricing with respect to a regulatory period to consult designated airport users, within a period of one month (or such longer period as the Chief Executive may allow in any particular case) after receiving such notice, the airport licensee for an airport concerned must —

(a)	prepare a draft proposal on the determination to be made, in relation to that airport in that regulatory period;
(b)	provide without charge a copy of the draft proposal to the Authority;
(c)	make copies of the draft proposal, in both electronic and printed form, available free of charge to the designated airport users relating to the airport for the regulatory period in question; and
(d)	start to consult, at its own expense, with those designated airport users for that regulatory period.”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “at least 6 weeks” in paragraph (2)(b), the words “(or such period as the Chief Executive may allow in any particular case)”.

Amendment of rule 27

7. Rule 27(7) of the principal Rules is amended by deleting sub‑paragraph (b) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(b)	publish on the Authority’s website or in such daily newspapers circulating in Singapore as the Authority considers appropriate notice of the making of the determination.”.

Amendment of rule 28

8. Rule 28 of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “After the statement” in paragraph (2) and substituting the words “Subject to paragraph (3), after the statement”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “at least 3 months” in paragraph (2), the words “(or such period as the Chief Executive may allow in any particular case)”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:

“(3) The Authority may, in its discretion, waive any requirements in paragraph (2)(b) to make copies of the statement, in both electronic and printed form, available free of charge to the designated airport users for the regulatory period at least 3 months (or such period as the Chief Executive may allow in any particular case) before any fee or charge in that statement takes effect, if the Authority is satisfied that the airport licensee will notify the relevant designated airport user separately in writing of the applicable fee or charge before the fee or charge takes effect.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 284/2010; S 789/2010; S 361/2012]

Made on 1 December 2014.

PANG KIN KEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[Agency FRN; AG/LLRD/SL/41/2010/5 Vol. 2]

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