Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (Service Charge) Order 2009

No. S 310

Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act 2009

(Act 17 of 2009)

Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (Service Charge) Order 2009

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 88 of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act 2009, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Transport, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (Service Charge) Order 2009 and shall come into operation on 1st July 2009.

Definitions

2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires —

“3-month compounded SORA”, in relation to a period, means —

(a)

if the period or a part of the period falls within the 6-month period beginning on 1 April of a calendar year, then, in relation to the period or the part (as the case may be) — the compounded average of the SORA values for the 3-month period immediately before 1 March of the same calendar year, as determined and published by the Monetary Authority of Singapore on its website at http://www.mas.gov.sg or (where the website is unavailable to the public) in one or more other forms that are readily accessible by the public; or

(b)

if the period or a part of the period falls within the 6-month period beginning on 1 October of a calendar year, then, in relation to the period or the part (as the case may be) — the compounded average of the SORA values for the 3-month period immediately before 1 September of the same calendar year, as determined and published by the Monetary Authority of Singapore on its website at http://www.mas.gov.sg or (where the website is unavailable to the public) in one or more other forms that are readily accessible by the public;

[S 356/2023 wef 10/06/2023]

“air navigation services” means services provided to air traffic during all phases of operations to ensure their safe and efficient movement, and includes —

(a)	air traffic control services, including air traffic control service for arriving or departing controlled flights, for controlled flights in controlled areas or for traffic within any manoeuvring area and other aerodrome traffic;
(b)	air traffic advisory services provided within advisory airspace to ensure separation, in so far as practical, between aircraft which are operating on flight plans in accordance with Instrument Flight Rules;
(c)	flight information services;
(d)	alerting services provided to notify appropriate organisations regarding aircraft in need of search and rescue aid, and to assist such organisations as may be required;
(da)	communications, navigation and surveillance services; [S 285/2010 wef 01/06/2010]
(e)	meteorological services for air navigation;
(f)	search and rescue services; and
(g)	aeronautical information services for the provision of aeronautical information and data necessary for the safety, regularity and efficiency of air navigation;

“airport licensee” means the holder of an airport licence for an airport;

[Deleted by S 356/2023 wef 10/06/2023]

“service charge” means any charge payable under this Order;

[S 356/2023 wef 10/06/2023]

“Singapore Overnight Rate Average” or “SORA” means the volume-weighted average rate of borrowing transactions in the unsecured overnight interbank Singapore dollar cash market in Singapore between 8 a.m. and 6.15 p.m., as determined and published by the Monetary Authority of Singapore on its website at http://www.mas.gov.sg or (where the website is unavailable to the public) in one or more other forms that are readily accessible by the public.

[S 356/2023 wef 10/06/2023]

Service charge for air navigation services

3.—(1) The airport licensees of the respective airports shall jointly pay to the Authority on 31st July 2009 and on the last day of each subsequent month the service charges specified in the Schedule for the air navigation services in that Schedule provided by the Authority in connection with the airports.

(2) [Deleted by S 345/2017 wef 01/07/2017]

(3) No abatement of any service charge shall be allowed in the event of any air navigation service being not available.

Interest for late payment

4.—(1) Where any service charge or part thereof is in arrears, the Authority shall be entitled to impose interest on the airport licensee concerned for the amount in arrears, at the rate of 4.5%-point above the 3-month compounded SORA for the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(a).

[S 356/2023 wef 10/06/2023]

(2) Such interest shall —

(a)	be payable from the day immediately following the date the service charge or part thereof is payable until all of the service charge in arrears is paid to the Authority; and
(b)	be calculated on the first day of each month on the amount of service charge or part thereof from time to time outstanding (together with interest) at the end of the immediately preceding month.

Application of payments

5. The Authority may, in its discretion, apply any moneys paid by an airport licensee firstly towards the payment of any interest payable under this Order and subsequently apply any balance thereof towards payment of any amount of outstanding service charge.

Remission

6. The Chief Executive may waive or remit wholly or in part any service charge or interest payable under this Order.

Made this 1st day of July 2009.

LEE HSIEN YANG

Chairman,
Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore.

[CA.7.3.00117.0.15; LE/LGN/C1.09; AG/LEG/SL/41/2009/9 Vol. 1]

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