Section 39

an airport licensee is contravening, or is likely to contravene or has contravened —

any of the conditions of its airport licence;

any provision of this Act applicable to the airport licensee, for which no criminal penalty is prescribed for a contravention thereof; or

any code of practice or standard of performance applicable to the airport licensee;

an airport licensee has been convicted of an offence under section 14(2), 24(2), 49(3), 53(3), 54(3), 57(6) or 60(7);

an airport licensee has not complied with any direction or requirement issued by the Authority under section 38(3), 40, 45(4), 59(2) or 70(1) or any direction under this section;

any circumstance specified in an airport licensee’s airport licence giving rise to the Authority’s power to revoke or suspend the licence exists;

an airport licensee has gone or is likely to go into compulsory or voluntary liquidation other than for the purpose of amalgamation or reconstruction;

an airport licensee has made any assignment to, or composition with, its creditors; or

the public interest or security of Singapore requires,the Authority may do all or any of the following:

revoke its airport licence or suspend its airport licence for such period as the Authority thinks fit, except in a case of a contravention or likely contravention of any code of practice or standard of performance applicable to the airport licensee;

require the payment of a financial penalty not exceeding —

$1 million; or

the prescribed amount,whichever is applicable;

impose such other direction as the Authority considers appropriate restricting the airport licensee’s business of operating the airport;

where the ground for exercising any power under this subsection relates to non-compliance with section 46A(1), (2) or (3), require the payment of the contribution required to be paid into the reserve fund or the Changi Airport Development Fund (as the case may be) under that section, or the refund into the reserve fund of such sum of money withdrawn by the airport licensee without the approval of the Authority, as the case may be.

where the ground for exercising any power under subsection (1) relates to any capital expenditure in relation to an airport or the airport services and facilities of an airport — 1% (or such other percentage as the Minister may, by order in the Gazette, prescribe) of the gross aeronautical revenue from an airport licensee’s business of operating an airport received, or to be received, for each year during which the contravention or non‑compliance occurred; or

where the ground for exercising any power under subsection (1) relates to aeronautical charges (within the meaning of sections 51 and 52) being in excess of the maximum prices set or approved under section 52(1) — 120% (or such other percentage as the Minister may, by order in the Gazette, prescribe) of the total aeronautical charges in excess for each year during which those charges are in excess.