72. The Act of 1993 is amended by the substitution of the following sections for section 58:

“Schedule 1 - Annexes to Chicago Convention

58.(1) Subject to subsection (2), the company, after consultation with the Minister, may make such orders as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of giving effect to the Annexes (or any part thereof) to the Chicago Convention specified in Schedule 1.

(2) Subsection (1) shall not entitle the company to make an order—

(a) relating to the making of agreements between the State and any other state, or

(b) relating to a function of the company which is not a function referred to in that subsection.

(3) The Minister may by order amend Schedule 1 by the insertion therein of a reference to an Annex (or any part thereof) to the Chicago Convention, whether added to that Convention before or after the commencement of section 72 of the Air Navigation and Transport Act 2022, and references in that Act and this Act to the Annexes to the Chicago Convention shall include references to any Annex to the Chicago Convention to which an order under this subsection relates.

Schedule 2 - European Union Regulations

58A. (1) The company is the competent authority in the State for the purposes of the European Union Regulations listed in Schedule 2.

(2) A function of a competent authority under a European Union Regulation listed in Schedule 2 shall be a function of the company under this Act.

(3) Without prejudice to the European Communities Act 1972, the Minister may by order amend Schedule 2—

(a) by the insertion therein of a reference to a European Union Regulation, or

(b) by the deletion therefrom of a reference to a European Union Regulation.”.