Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (Price Control of Aeronautical Charges) (Amendment) Rules 2018

No. S 9

Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act

(CHAPTER 41)

Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore
(Price Control of Aeronautical Charges)
(Amendment) Rules 2018

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

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (Price Control of Aeronautical Charges) (Amendment) Rules 2018 and come into operation on 8 January 2018.

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) (called in these Rules the principal Rules) is amended —

(a)	by deleting “2017” in paragraph (a)(ii) of the definition of “regulatory period” and substituting “2018”; and
(b)	by deleting “2017” in the definition of “second regulatory period” and substituting “2018”.

Amendment of rule 3

3. Rule 3(1) of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after the word “passenger‑related” in sub‑paragraph (a)(ii), the words “and cargo‑related”.

Amendment of rule 5

4. Rule 5(4) of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “such a notice” in sub‑paragraph (b), the words “on the Authority’s website or”.

Amendment of rule 7

5. Rule 7 of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:

“(2A) A determination for a regulatory period must specify the matters to be considered for the purposes of the mid‑term review under rule 30 for that regulatory period.”.

Amendment of rule 8

6. Rule 8(6) of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “second regulatory period”, the words “or any subsequent regulatory period”.

Amendment of rule 20

7. Rule 20 of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (2)(d);

(b)

by deleting the full‑stop at the end of sub‑paragraph (e) of paragraph (2) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:

“(f)	any information that the Authority requires from the airport licensee in question, being information that the Authority considers relevant to the inquiry.”; and

(c)

by deleting paragraphs (4) and (5) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(4) The notice of aeronautical services and facilities pricing that is given to an airport licensee for an airport with respect to a regulatory period must be accompanied by such information as the Authority considers necessary for the airport licensee to prepare its proposal regarding aeronautical charges for the aeronautical services and facilities to be provided by the airport licensee in that regulatory period in relation to that airport.”.

Amendment of rule 22

8. Rule 22(2) of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting sub‑paragraphs (iii) to (ix) of sub‑paragraph (a);

(b)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of sub‑paragraph (a)(x); and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after sub‑paragraph (xi) of sub‑paragraph (a), the following sub‑paragraph:

“(xii)

any information specified under rule 20(2)(f) in the notice of aeronautical services and facilities pricing as information that the Authority requires from the airport licensee; and”.

Amendment of rule 27

9. Rule 27(1) of the principal Rules is amended by deleting sub‑paragraph (b) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(b)	specifies the maximum prices of the aeronautical services and facilities to be provided by the airport licensee in that regulatory period in any of the terms mentioned in rule 7(1).”.

Amendment of rule 28

10. Rule 28(1) of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “If the Authority makes a determination described in rule 27(1)(b)(ii), specifying a maximum total amount (revenue cap, revenue yield cap or otherwise) that may be earned by the airport licensee for an airport from the provision of aeronautical services and facilities” and substituting the words “After the Authority makes a determination under rule 27(1) in respect of an airport licensee for an airport”.

Amendment of rule 30

11. Rule 30 of the principal Rules is amended by deleting paragraphs (2) and (3) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(1A) At least 6 months before the mid‑term review date for a regulatory period, the Authority must notify the airport licensee for an airport to submit to the Authority such information as the Authority may specify, being information that the Authority considers relevant to the matters specified under rule 7(2A) in the determination for that regulatory period applicable to that airport licensee (called the relevant determination).

(2) The airport licensee mentioned in paragraph (1A) must submit the information mentioned in that paragraph at least 3 months before the mid‑term review date in question.

(3) After receiving the information under paragraph (2), the Authority must commence a mid‑term review to consider the matters specified under rule 7(2A) in the relevant determination.”.

Amendment of rule 31

12. Rule 31(1) of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately before the words “there has” in sub‑paragraph (iii)(B), the words “in a case where the determination is in terms of a maximum total amount (expressed in the form of a revenue yield cap) that may be earned by the airport licensee in question from the provision of aeronautical services and facilities,”.

Amendment of rule 32

13. Rule 32(1) of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately before the words “the Authority” in sub‑paragraph (b), the words “in a case where the determination is in terms of a maximum total amount (expressed in the form of a revenue yield cap) that may be earned by the airport licensee in question from the provision of aeronautical services and facilities,”.

Amendment of First Schedule

14. Part II of the First Schedule to the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting the Part heading and substituting the following Part heading:

“PASSENGER‑RELATED AND CARGO‑RELATED SERVICES AND FACILITIES”;

(b)

by deleting the word “Facilities” in item 5 and substituting the words “Services and facilities”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after item 5, the following item:

“5A.	Services and facilities to enable the processing of cargo through customs, security and quarantine.”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the word “counters” in item 6, the words “and kiosks”.

Amendment of Third Schedule

15. The Third Schedule to the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “passenger handling” in items 1 and 2 and substituting in each case the words “handling of passengers and cargo”.

[G.N. Nos. S 284/2010; S 789/2010; S 361/2012; S 778/2014; S 104/2016]

Made on 2 January 2018.

LOH NGAI SENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[LE/LGN/C1.6.2; CA.271.30.01.2.1; AG/LEGIS/SL/41/2015/4 Vol. 1]

Search within Legislation