Ghana Civil Aviation Act, 2004 (Act 678) - Revision history

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	PART TWO- REGULATION OF CIVIL AVIATION AND AIR NAVIGATION		PART TWO - REGULATION OF CIVIL AVIATION AND AIR NAVIGATION

	''Air navigation''		''Air navigation''

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	(3) The amount deposited or the security given shall be agreed between the interested parties or in default of agreement fixed by the Authority or a person duly authorized on its behalf, and payment of the amount shall be made or secured to the Authority in the manner approved by the Authority.		(3) The amount deposited or the security given shall be agreed between the interested parties or in default of agreement fixed by the Authority or a person duly authorized on its behalf, and payment of the amount shall be made or secured to the Authority in the manner approved by the Authority.

	(4) The amount deposited shall be dealt with in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the Rules of Court, which may provide generally for carrying this section into effect. (5) For the purposes of this section,		(4) The amount deposited shall be dealt with in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the Rules of Court, which may provide generally for carrying this section into effect.

			(5) For the purposes of this section,
	:“'''owner'''” includes the actual owner of the aircraft;		:“'''owner'''” includes the actual owner of the aircraft;
	:“'''passage'''” includes reasonable landing and stoppages in the course, or for the purposes, of the passage.		:“'''passage'''” includes reasonable landing and stoppages in the course, or for the purposes, of the passage.

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	====''Finance''		====''Finance''====

	=====13. Funds of the Authority=====		=====13. Funds of the Authority=====

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	====29. Trespass, nuisance and damage====		=====29. Trespass, nuisance and damage=====
	(1) An action does not lie in respect of trespass or in respect of nuisance by reason only of		(1) An action does not lie in respect of trespass or in respect of nuisance by reason only of
	:(a) the flight of an aircraft over a property at a height above the ground, which having regard to wind, weather and the circumstances of the case is reasonable, or		:(a) the flight of an aircraft over a property at a height above the ground, which having regard to wind, weather and the circumstances of the case is reasonable, or
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	====30. Nuisance on aerodromes====		=====30. Nuisance on aerodromes=====
	(1) Regulations made under section 21 may provide for the conditions under which noise and vibration may be caused by aircraft on aerodromes and may provide that subsection (2) of this section shall apply to an aerodrome in respect of which provisions as to noise and vibration caused by aircraft are to be made.		(1) Regulations made under section 21 may provide for the conditions under which noise and vibration may be caused by aircraft on aerodromes and may provide that subsection (2) of this section shall apply to an aerodrome in respect of which provisions as to noise and vibration caused by aircraft are to be made.

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	====''Establishment''====		====''Establishment''====

	=====1. Establishment=====		=====1. Establishment of the Authority=====
	(1) There is hereby established a body corporate to be known as the Civil Aviation Authority referred to this Act as the “Authority”.		(1) There is hereby established a body corporate to be known as the Civil Aviation Authority referred to this Act as the “Authority”.

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	=====16. Accounts and audit======		=====16. Accounts and audit=====
	(1) The Board shall maintain proper books of accounts and proper records in the form approved by the Auditor-General.		(1) The Board shall maintain proper books of accounts and proper records in the form approved by the Auditor-General.

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	:(e) unimpeded access to aircraft factories, or premises where an aircraft is undergoing repair for the purpose of inspecting work carried on in relation to that aircraft or parts that aircraft, and admission into the aircraft;		:(e) unimpeded access to aircraft factories, or premises where an aircraft is undergoing repair for the purpose of inspecting work carried on in relation to that aircraft or parts that aircraft, and admission into the aircraft;
	:(f) ensuring unimpeded access to aircraft factories, aircraft cabin and flight deck, hangers, workshops, aerodromes, ramp, fuel storage farms, operator’s office and at a reasonable time to conduct a test or an inspection test in order to determine the compliance with this Act or the Regulations or the directives;		:(f) ensuring unimpeded access to aircraft factories, aircraft cabin and flight deck, hangers, workshops, aerodromes, ramp, fuel storage farms, operator’s office and at a reasonable time to conduct a test or an inspection test in order to determine the compliance with this Act or the Regulations or the directives;
	:(g) prohibiting persons from engaging in or being employed in or in connection with air navigation as specified in the Regulations except in accordance with the		:(g) prohibiting persons from engaging in or being employed in or in connection with air navigation as specified in the Regulations except in accordance with the provisions in that behalf contained in the Regulations;
	provisions in that behalf contained in the Regulations;
	:(h) the licensing of persons employed at aerodromes, or engaged in the inspection or supervision of aircraft;		:(h) the licensing of persons employed at aerodromes, or engaged in the inspection or supervision of aircraft;
	:(i) the conditions under which and in particular the aerodromes to or from which aircraft entering or leaving the Republic may fly, and the conditions under which aircraft may fly from one part of the Republic to another.		:(i) the conditions under which and in particular the aerodromes to or from which aircraft entering or leaving the Republic may fly, and the conditions under which aircraft may fly from one part of the Republic to another.
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	:(o) controlling the making of signals and any other communications by or to aircraft and persons carried in the air navigation;		:(o) controlling the making of signals and any other communications by or to aircraft and persons carried in the air navigation;
	:(p) regulating the design and use of the civil air ensign which may be established for purposes of air navigation;		:(p) regulating the design and use of the civil air ensign which may be established for purposes of air navigation;
	(q) the manner and conditions of the issue, validation, renewal extension or variation of an air operator’s certificate or any other certificate, license , or any other document required by the Regulations, including the examinations and tests to be undergone, and as to the form ,custody, production, cancellation, suspension, endorsement and surrender of that document;		:(q) the manner and conditions of the issue, validation, renewal extension or variation of an air operator’s certificate or any other certificate, license , or any other document required by the Regulations, including the examinations and tests to be undergone, and as to the form ,custody, production, cancellation, suspension, endorsement and surrender of that document;
	:(r) the circumstances in which the Authority may grant, refuse revoke or suspend a license;		:(r) the circumstances in which the Authority may grant, refuse revoke or suspend a license;
	:(s) requiring a person who is involved in air transport undertakings to provide specified information;		:(s) requiring a person who is involved in air transport undertakings to provide specified information;
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	(4) Where the Director-General is of the opinion that an emergency requiring immediate action with respect to safety in civil aviation exists, the Director-General		(4) Where the Director-General is of the opinion that an emergency requiring immediate action with respect to safety in civil aviation exists, the Director-General
	:(a) take the measures that are necessary or essential in the interest of safety in civil aviation, and		:(a) take the measures that are necessary or essential in the interest of safety in civil aviation, and
	:(b) shall initiate proceedings relating to the matter that has given cause to the		:(b) shall initiate proceedings relating to the matter that has given cause to the emergency.
	emergency.

	(5) A person who fails to comply with a directive given pursuant to subsection (4) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding six months or to both the fine and the imprisonment.		(5) A person who fails to comply with a directive given pursuant to subsection (4) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding six months or to both the fine and the imprisonment.
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	(2) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, an enactment which confers or imposes on a harbour authority to power to make Regulations for the regulation of the ships or vessels shall be construed as if that power included		(2) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, an enactment which confers or imposes on a harbour authority to power to make Regulations for the regulation of the ships or vessels shall be construed as if that power included
	:(a) a power, subject to the prior approval by of the Minister, to make Regulations for the regulation of seaplanes when on the surface of the		:(a) a power, subject to the prior approval by of the Minister, to make Regulations for the regulation of seaplanes when on the surface of the water, and
	water, and
	:(b) a power to include in the Regulations provisions authorizing the harbour master or any other officer of the harbour authority to perform as regards seaplanes on the surface of the water, the functions which the harbour master is authorized by the enactment to perform with respect to ships or vessels.		:(b) a power to include in the Regulations provisions authorizing the harbour master or any other officer of the harbour authority to perform as regards seaplanes on the surface of the water, the functions which the harbour master is authorized by the enactment to perform with respect to ships or vessels.

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	(4) This section applies		(4) This section applies
	:(a) to aircraft, other than an aircraft used in military, customs or police services, registered in a country or territory in respect of which there is in force a declaration made by the President by executive instrument, with a view to the fulfilment of the provisions of the Chicago Convention to which this section relates, that the benefits of those provisions apply to that country or territory, and :(b) to any aircraft as the President may by executive instrument specify.		:(a) to aircraft, other than an aircraft used in military, customs or police services, registered in a country or territory in respect of which there is in force a declaration made by the President by executive instrument, with a view to the fulfilment of the provisions of the Chicago Convention to which this section relates, that the benefits of those provisions apply to that country or territory, and
			:(b) to any aircraft as the President may by executive instrument specify.


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	::(ii) an aircraft leased, with or without a crew, to an operator whose principal place of business is in the Republic, or if he operator does not have a principal of business in the Republic, a permanent residence in the Republic, or		::(ii) an aircraft leased, with or without a crew, to an operator whose principal place of business is in the Republic, or if he operator does not have a principal of business in the Republic, a permanent residence in the Republic, or
	::(iii) an aircraft in or in flight over the Republic; or		::(iii) an aircraft in or in flight over the Republic; or
	:(d) to deal with an offence which took place in an aircraft in flight outside the Republic.		:(c) to deal with an offence which took place in an aircraft in flight outside the Republic.
	::(i) where the next landing of the aircraft is in the Republic, and		::(i) where the next landing of the aircraft is in the Republic, and
	::(ii) where the person in command of the aircraft delivers the suspected offender to the competent authority in the Republic with the request that the competent authority prosecute the suspected offender, and with the affirmation that a similar report has not been or will not be made to another state.		::(ii) where the person in command of the aircraft delivers the suspected offender to the competent authority in the Republic with the request that the competent authority prosecute the suspected offender, and with the affirmation that a similar report has not been or will not be made to another state.
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	(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,		(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,
	:"'''accident'''" means an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the times that a person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and the time when that person disembarks during which time		:"'''accident'''" means an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the times that a person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and the time when that person disembarks during which time
	::(a) a person is fatally or seriously injure as a result of being in the aircraft, or in exposure to direct contact with a part of the aircraft, or in direct		::(a) a person is fatally or seriously injure as a result of being in the aircraft, or in exposure to direct contact with a part of the aircraft, or in direct jet blast;
	jet blast;
	::(b) the aircraft sustains damage or structural failure;		::(b) the aircraft sustains damage or structural failure;
	::(c) the aircraft is missing or completely inaccessible;		::(c) the aircraft is missing or completely inaccessible;
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	:"'''air transport services'''" means a service for the carriage by air of passengers, mails or other freight;		:"'''air transport services'''" means a service for the carriage by air of passengers, mails or other freight;
	:"'''Auditor-General'''" includes an auditor appointed by the Auditor-General;		:"'''Auditor-General'''" includes an auditor appointed by the Auditor-General;
	:"'''Authority'''" means the Civil Aviation Authority established under section 1; :"'''Chicago Convention'''" means the Convention on International Civil Aviation signed at		:"'''Authority'''" means the Civil Aviation Authority established under section 1; :"'''Chicago Convention'''" means the Convention on International Civil Aviation signed at Chicago on the 7th day of December, 1994;
	Chicago on the 7th day of December, 1994;
	:"'''Court'''" means a court of competent jurisdiction;		:"'''Court'''" means a court of competent jurisdiction;
	:"'''Director-General'''" means the Director-General of Civil Aviation;		:"'''Director-General'''" means the Director-General of Civil Aviation;