Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)

Chapter 2 : Application of Act, Power to Carry Out and Apply Convention, Transit Agreement and Protocol, Functions of Minister in Connection with Act and Convention and Transit Agreement

4. Functions of Minister in connection with Act, Convention and Transit Agreement
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(1)The Minister is responsible for the carrying out of this Act, the Convention and the Transit Agreement.

 

(2)Every person appointed under or concerned with the carrying out of this Act, excluding members of the South African National Defence Force or the South African Police Service, must perform his or her functions and exercise any discretion expressly or impliedly vested in him or her in a manner which gives effect to this Act.

 

(3)With the written consent of the Minister any person in whom any discretion is vested as is contemplated in subsection (2), may delegate the power to exercise such discretion on his or her behalf to any other specified person.

 

(4)The Minister must designate the Civil Aviation Authority as the appropriate authority for the purposes of carrying out the functions of this Act and Convention and set strategic goals for the Civil Aviation Authority.

 

(5)The Minister may, in addition to the company airports defined in section 1 of the Airports Company Act, 1993 (Act No. 44 of 1993), by notice in the Gazette, designate any other airport for the purposes of this Act.