Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Act, 1998

Amendment of Customs-free Airport Act, 1947.

60.—The Customs-free Airport Act, 1947 , is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3) of section 2:

“(3) For the purposes of this Act, the airport shall comprise land which for the time being belongs to the State and Aer Rianta, cuideachta phoiblí theoranta.”,

(b) the substitution of the following section for section 3:

“3.—For the purposes of this Act, the airport shall be under the management and control of the Minister.”,

and

(c) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1) of section 13 (inserted by section 49 of the Act of 1988):

“(1) The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, make regulations for the purposes of this Act for the management and control of the airport:

Provided that the power of the Minister to make regulations under this section shall not extend to the making of regulations permitting the carrying on of any trade, business or manufacture within the airport.”.