Regulations

(1) The Minister may, in consultation with the Authority, make such regulations as he considers necessary or expedient for giving effect to the provisions of this Act, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing such regulations may– (a) provide for securing the safety of aircraft, vehicles and persons using any such airport as aforesaid and preventing danger to the public arising from the use and operation of the (b) make provision for preventing or minimising obstruction within the airport; (c) make provision for preserving order within the airport and preventing damage to property therein; (d) regulate or restrict advertising within the (e) regulate, promote or restrict the movement of persons into, in or out of the airport; (f) prohibit or regulate, in relation to the whole or any part of the airport, (i) the presence of persons or classes of (ii) the presence of animals or classes of animals; 21 (iii) the use of vehicles of any class or description; and (iv) acts which might endanger any property or person; (g) regulate vehicular traffic anywhere within the airport, and in particular may impose speed limits on vehicles therein; (h) appoint and regulate the use, including charges to be made for the use, of parking places for motor vehicles in the airport; (i) make provision for the removal to such place as the Authority may think fit of vehicles parked in a place other than a place appointed for the parking of such vehicle or vehicles which have broken down or vehicles which have been left in any place– (i) in contravention of any provision made by or pursuant to the Act, insofar as it relates to roadways in a prescribed airport, or in contravention of the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act, and the regulations made thereunder; CAP. 230. (ii) in such a position or in such condition or in such circumstances as to cause obstruction to other persons using the airport or as to be likely to cause danger to such other persons; or (iii) in such a position or in such condition or in such circumstances as to appear to have been abandoned, 22 and for the safe custody of vehicles removed and any goods which they contain at the time of such removal and for the charges to be imposed for the removal and safe custody of such vehicles or goods; (j) prescribe and regulate the conditions for use of the airport and its facilities, including the charges to be made for the use of the airport and for services or facilities provided therein; (k) provide for the disposition of unclaimed property in the custody of the Authority; (l) provide for security arrangements. (2) Every person who contravenes any regulation made under this section commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction as follows– (a) in the case of a natural person, to a fine which shall not be less than five thousand dollars but which may extend to ten thousand dollars and in default of payment of fine, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years; (b) in the case of a company or other corporate entity, to a fine which shall not be less than ten thousand dollars but which may extend to twenty thousand dollars. (3) Regulations made under this section in relation to the use of roadways in an airport shall take effect notwithstanding that the roadways are subject to the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act and regulations made thereunder. 23 (4) Subject to sub-section (5), where by virtue of any provision made by or pursuant to this Act or the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act, a vehicle has been, or could at any time be, removed from a place in a prescribed airport, the Authority may, if it appears to it that the vehicle had been abandoned, sell or otherwise dispose of it and its contents (if any) and– (a) apply the proceeds of any such sale in or towards satisfaction of any costs incurred by it in connection with the disposal thereof or any charge or payment to which it is entitled as regards the vehicle or contents under any provision made by or pursuant to this section, so, however, that the Authority, in its discretion, may waive, in whole or in part, the amount of such costs, charge or payment; (b) recoup from the owner or person in charge of the vehicle any costs mentioned in paragraph (a), insofar as not satisfied by virtue of that paragraph; (c) dispose of, in such manner as the Authority may by order prescribe, any sum received by the Authority on a sale of the vehicle after deducting any sum applied thereout by virtue of paragraph (a). (5) A power of disposal conferred by sub-section (4), shall not be exercisable in the case of a vehicle unless there have been taken by the Authority such steps (including provision for publication) and there has elapsed such period (not being less than six weeks) beginning with the taking of the first of such steps, as may be prescribed by the Authority by order, being steps and a period whose respective taking and lapse shall, in the opinion of the Authority, together suffice for securing adequate opportunity for enabling the vehicle to be claimed. 24 (6) Different provisions may be made under sub-section (5), with respect to vehicles of different classes or descriptions or with respect to vehicles of the same class or description in different circumstances. Act.