Singapore legislation

Regulation 2M

of Air Navigation (Licensing of Air Services) Regulations

Regulation 2M

Suspension, revocation, etc., of licence

Amended byS 338/2010 wef 01/07/2010S 128/2010 wef 01/03/2010S 128/2010 wef 01/03/2010S 649/2011 wef 19/12/2011S 338/2010 wef 01/07/2010S 338/2010 wef 01/07/2010

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 338/2010 wef 01/07/2010S 128/2010 wef 01/03/2010S 128/2010 wef 01/03/2010S 649/2011 wef 19/12/2011

The Committee may suspend, revoke or vary a licence on its own motion if —

(a)

the licensee is no longer —

(i)

a citizen of Singapore; or

(ii)

a company incorporated in Singapore which the Committee considers to be substantially owned and effectively controlled by the Government or citizens of Singapore, or both;

(b)

the licensee no longer holds an air operator certificate;

(c)

the licensee or, in the case of a body corporate, any of its officers is convicted of an offence under the Act or these Regulations or any other written law relating to air navigation or air transport;

(d)

the licensee contravenes or ceases to satisfy any provision or requirement of these Regulations or any term or condition of the licence;

(e)

due to a change in circumstances, it is inevitable that the licensee will contravene or cease to satisfy any provision or requirement of these Regulations or any term or condition of the licence;

(f)

the licensee —

(i)

does not commence providing the air services that the licensee was licensed to provide under a Category A licence on the date of commencement of the licence; or

(ii)

does not provide all the air services that the licensee is licensed to provide under a Category A licence for any cumulative period of 2 months out of any 6 months period after —

(A)

the date of commencement of the licence, where the licence is granted on or after 15th July 2005; or

(B)

15th July 2005, where the licence is granted and is in force before that date;

(g)

the licensee provides the air services that the licensee is licensed to provide in a manner that contravenes, or is likely to contravene, the air services agreement in relation to which the licence was granted or renewed;

(ga)the air services agreement in relation to which the licence was granted is suspended or terminated;

(gb)after the transfer or assignment of the licence to the licensee, the licensee ceases to be related (within the meaning of regulation 2U(6)) to the transferor of the licence;

(h)

the licensee had in his application for the grant, renewal, transfer or assignment of a licence furnished any information which is false or misleading; or

(i)

it is in the interest of the public to suspend or revoke the licence or vary any term or condition of the licence.

Subregulation 1A

Amended byS 338/2010 wef 01/07/2010

Where a licence is issued to a licensee on or after 1st July 2010, the first of the 6-month period referred to in paragraph (1)(f)(ii) shall commence from the date the licence was issued.

Subregulation 1B

Amended byS 338/2010 wef 01/07/2010

Where a licence is issued to a licensee before 1st July 2010 and the licensee has not, as at that date, contravened paragraph (1)(f)(ii) in force immediately before that date, the first of the 6-month period referred to in paragraph (1)(f)(ii) shall commence from 1st July 2010 in respect of that licence.

Subregulation 2

In addition to the grounds specified in paragraph (1), the Minister may direct the Committee to revoke, suspend or vary any licence if it appears to the Minister that the continued holding of the licence by the licensee, or the holding of the licence on the terms or conditions subject to which it was granted, is or is likely to be detrimental to the interests of Singapore, and the Committee shall comply with such direction.