Section 8

as to the registration of aircraft in Singapore;

for prohibiting aircraft from flying unless certificates of airworthiness issued or validated under the order are in force with respect to them and except upon compliance with any conditions as to maintenance or repair that may be specified in the order;

for the licensing, inspection and regulation of aerodromes, for access to aerodromes and places where aircraft have landed, for access to aircraft factories for the purpose of inspecting work in aircraft factories carried on in relation to aircraft or parts of aircraft and for prohibiting or regulating the use of unlicensed aerodromes;

for prohibiting persons from engaging in, or being employed in or (except in the maintenance at unlicensed aerodromes of aircraft not used for or in connection with commercial, industrial or other gainful purposes) in connection with, air navigation in any capacities that may be specified in the order, except in accordance with provisions in that behalf contained in the order, and for the licensing of those employed at aerodromes licensed under the order in the inspection or supervision of aircraft;

as to the conditions under which, and in particular the aerodromes to or from which, aircraft entering or leaving Singapore may fly, and as to the conditions under which aircraft may fly from one part of Singapore to another;

as to the conditions under which passengers and goods may be carried by air and under which aircraft may be used for other commercial, industrial or gainful purposes and for prohibiting the carriage by air of goods of any classes that may be specified in the order;

for minimising or preventing interference with the use or effectiveness of apparatus used in connection with air navigation, and for prohibiting or regulating the use of such apparatus as aforesaid and the display of signs and lights liable to endanger aircraft;

for regulating the conditions under which noise and vibration may be caused by aircraft on aerodromes;

for applying the provisions of this Act or orders made under this section to unmanned aircraft and their operators (indoors or outdoors), design, maintenance and manufacture with any prescribed exceptions, modifications and adaptations that the differences between the manned aircraft and unmanned aircraft require;

generally for securing the safety, efficiency and regularity of air navigation and the safety of aircraft and of persons and property carried in aircraft, for preventing aircraft endangering other persons and property and, in particular, for the detention of aircraft for any of the purposes specified in this paragraph;

for requiring persons engaged in, or employed in or in connection with, air navigation to supply meteorological information for the purposes of air navigation;

for regulating the making of signals and other communications by or to aircraft and persons carried in aircraft;

for regulating the use of the civil air ensign and any other ensign established by the Authority for purposes connected with air navigation;

for prohibiting aircraft from flying over any areas in Singapore that may be specified in the order where necessary or expedient for the safety of air navigation or for public safety;

for prohibiting aircraft of a specified description or origin or registered in a specified country or territory from landing in, flying over or taking off from Singapore, in order to discharge or facilitate the discharge of an obligation binding on Singapore by virtue of its being a member of an international organisation or a party to an international agreement;

for applying, adapting or modifying the enactments relating to customs in relation to aerodromes and to aircraft and to persons and property carried in aircraft and for preventing smuggling by air, and for permitting in connection with air navigation, subject to any conditions that appear to the Authority to be requisite or expedient for the protection of the revenue, the importation of goods into Singapore without payment of duty;

as to the manner and conditions of the issue, validation, renewal, extension or variation of any certificate, licence or other document required by the order (including the examinations and tests to be undergone), and as to the form, custody, production, cancellation, suspension, endorsement and surrender of any such document;

for regulating the charges that may be made for the use of aerodromes licensed under the order and at Government aerodromes and for services provided at such aerodromes;

for prescribing the fees to be paid in respect of the issue, validation, renewal, extension or variation of any certificate, licence or other document or the undergoing of any examination or test required by the order and in respect of any other matters in respect of which it appears to the Authority to be expedient for the purpose of the order to charge fees;

for a right to appeal to the Minister against any decisions made by the Authority under the order or under section 35 (whose decision on appeal is final) and the procedure for such appeals.