Number 1 of 2001

AVIATION REGULATION ACT 2001

REVISED

Updated to 1 May 2023

Introduction

This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.

Related legislation

Aviation Regulation Acts 2001 to 2022: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Air Navigation and Transport Act 2022 (40/2022), s. 1(4)). The Acts in this group are:

• Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (1/2001)

• State Airports Act 2004 (32/2004), Part 3 (ss. 20-24)

• Air Navigation and Transport Act 2022 (40/2022), s. 105

Annotations

This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.

An explanation of how to read annotations is available at

www.lawreform.ie/annotations.

Material not updated in this revision

Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.

Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.

A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at

www.irishstatutebook.ie.

Acts which affect or previously affected this revision

• Air Navigation and Transport Act 2022 (40/2022)

• Freedom of Information Act 2014 (30/2014)

• State Airports (Shannon Group) Act 2014 (27/2014)

• Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Act 2013 (47/2013)

• Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (10/2011)

• Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (24/2010)

• Aviation Act 2006 (7/2006)

• Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 (33/2004)

• State Airports Act 2004 (32/2004)

All Acts up to and including Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 (10/2023), enacted 2 May 2023, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision

• Transport (Tour Operators and Travel Agents) Act 1982 (Disbursements from Fund) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 644 of 2022)

• Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (Levy No. 23) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 643 of 2022)

• Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (Levy No. 22) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 681 of 2021)

• Transport (Tour Operators and Travel Agents) Act 1982 (Claims by Customers) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 290 of 2021)

• European Union (Consumer Protection) (Commission for Aviation Regulation) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 195 of 2021)

• Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (Levy No. 21) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 601 of 2020)

• European Union (Cooperation Between National Authorities Responsible for the Enforcement of Consumer Protection Laws) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 14 of 2020)

• European Union (Cooperation Between National Authorities Responsible for the Enforcement of Consumer Protection Laws) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 691 of 2019)

• Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (Levy No. 20) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 675 of 2019)

• European Union (Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 80 of 2019)

• Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (Levy No. 19) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 556 of 2018)

• Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (Levy No. 18) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 560 of 2017)

• Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (Levy No. 17) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 592 of 2016)

• Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (Levy No. 16) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 552 of 2015)

• Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (Levy No. 15) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 563 of 2014)

• Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (Levy No. 14) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 491 of 2013)

• Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (Levy No. 13) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 546 of 2012)

• Travel Agents (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations, 2012 (S.I. No. 61 of 2012)

• Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (Levy No. 12) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 689 of 2011)

• European Communities (Compensation and Assistance to Air Passengers) (Denied Boarding, Cancellation or Long Delay of Flights) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 506 of 2011)

• European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477 of 2011)

• Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011)

• European Communities (Dublin Airport Charges) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 116 of 2011)

• Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (Levy No. 11) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 611 of 2010)

• Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (Levy No. 10) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 535 of 2009)

• Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (Levy No. 9) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 570 of 2008)

• European Communities (Common Rules for the Operation of Air Services in the Community) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 426 of 2008)

• European Communities (Rights of Disabled Persons and Persons With Reduced Mobility When Travelling By Air) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 299 of 2008)

• Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (Levy No. 8) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 840 of 2007)

• Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (Levy No. 7) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 658 of 2006)

• Travel Agents (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 527 of 2006)

• Tour Operators (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 526 of 2006)

• Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (Levy No. 6) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 829 of 2005)

• European Communities (Compensation and Assistance To Air Passengers) (Denied Boarding, Cancellation Or Long Delay of Flights) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 274 of 2005)

• Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (Levy No. 5) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 722 of 2004)

• Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (Levy No. 4) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 695 of 2003)

• Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (Levy No. 3) Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 612 of 2002)

• Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (Levy No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 482 of 2002)

• Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (Levy) Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 439 of 2002)

• Aviation Regulation Act, 2001 (Establishment Day) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 47 of 2001)

All statutory instruments up to and including Air Navigation and Transport Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 220 of 2023), made 27 April 2023, were considered in the preparation of this revision.