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Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act 2009 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6A · Airport Capacity Management

71M. Recovery of pecuniary penalty, etc.

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2018.

(1)

If any pecuniary penalty imposed under section 71J or 71K is not paid in full by the due date for payment, interest at the prescribed rate is payable by the operator of aircraft concerned on the outstanding amount of the pecuniary penalty.

(2)

The slots coordinator or schedules facilitator (as the case may be), or the Authority if no slots coordinator or schedules facilitator is appointed under section 71D(1), may recover, as a Government debt, in a court of competent jurisdiction any of the following amounts that has become due and payable but has not been paid:

(a)

any pecuniary penalty imposed under section 71J or 71K;

(b)

any interest imposed under subsection (1) or any part thereof,and the liability to pay is not affected by an operator of aircraft ceasing (for any reason) to operate its aircraft at the coordinated airport or schedules facilitated airport concerned or being an operator of aircraft.

(3)

All pecuniary penalties imposed under section 71J or 71K, and any interest imposed under subsection (1), must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

Terms defined in s 2

aircraft
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“aircraft” means a machine that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air other than reactions of the air against the earth’s surface;
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Authority
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“Authority” means the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore established under the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act as in force immediately before 1 July 2009 and reconstituted by this Act;
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coordinated airport
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“coordinated airport” means an airport declared under section 71C(1)(a) as a coordinated airport;
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operate
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“operate”, in relation to an airport, includes —(a)managing and maintaining or otherwise exercising control over the operation of the airport;(b)providing airport services and facilities at the airport; and(c)exercising control over the direction to be taken in relation to the development of the airport,and “operation” and “operating” are to be construed accordingly;
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outstanding amount
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“outstanding amount”, in relation to an aircraft, means any of the following amounts that has become due and payable, but has not been paid or been remitted: (a)a levy payable in respect of the aircraft;(b)a service charge payable in respect of the aircraft;(c)a late payment penalty on any levy or service charge payable in respect of the aircraft;(d)interest for late payment of any levy or service charge payable in respect of the aircraft;
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schedules facilitated airport
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“schedules facilitated airport” means an airport declared under section 71C(1)(b) as a schedules facilitated airport;
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schedules facilitator
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“schedules facilitator” means a person who is appointed under section 71D(1)(b) as the schedules facilitator for a schedules facilitated airport, or the Authority if no such person is appointed;
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slots coordinator
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“slots coordinator” means a person who is appointed under section 71D(1)(a) as the slots coordinator for a coordinated airport, or the Authority if no such person is appointed;
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