88 Detention and sale of aircraft for unpaid airport charges
Civil Aviation Act 1982 (1982 c 16) | Legislation

88  Detention and sale of aircraft for unpaid airport charges

(1)     Where default is made in the payment of airport charges incurred in respect of any aircraft at an aerodrome to which this section applies, the aerodrome authority may, subject to the provisions of this section—

(a)     detain, pending payment, either—

(i)     the aircraft in respect of which the charges were incurred (whether or not they were incurred by the person who is the operator of the aircraft at the time when the detention begins); or

(ii)     any other aircraft of which the person in default is the operator at the time when the detention begins; and

(b)     if the charges are not paid within 56 days of the date when the detention begins, sell the aircraft in order to satisfy the charges.

(2)     An aerodrome authority shall not detain or continue to detain an aircraft under this section by reason of any alleged default in the payment of airport charges if the operator of the aircraft or any other person claiming an interest therein—

(a)     disputes that the charges, or any of them, are due or, if the aircraft is detained under subsection (1)(a)(i) above, that the charges in

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