Singapore legislation
Regulation 5
of Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (Price Control of Aeronautical Charges) Rules 2009
Regulation 5
Re-classifying services and facilities, etc.
Subregulation 1
Subject to this rule, the Authority may at any time certify any non-aeronautical service or facility or any security service or facility provided by an airport licensee to be within the meaning of aeronautical services and facilities if the Authority is of the opinion that —
the airport licensee exercises the market power of a monopoly or near monopoly in Singapore as a provider of that service or facility; and
the promotion of competition, efficiency or the public interest requires the making of the certification.
Subregulation 2
The Authority may at any time cancel a certification under paragraph (1) in respect of a service or facility if the Authority is of the opinion that the airport licensee no longer exercises the market power of a monopoly or near monopoly in Singapore as a provider of that service or facility.
Subregulation 3
Subject to this rule, the Authority may at any time recommend to the Minister that any non-aeronautical service or facility provided by an airport licensee to be re-classified as security service or facility, and vice versa.
Subregulation 4
Before making a certification under paragraph (1), or cancelling any such certification under paragraph (2), and before making any recommendation under paragraph (3), the Authority must —
give written notice of its intention to make the certification, cancellation or recommendation, as the case may be, and the reasons for doing so, to each airport licensee providing the service or facility in question;
publish the giving of such a notice on the Authority’s website or in such daily newspapers circulating in Singapore as the Authority considers appropriate; and
allow the airport licensee to make written submissions to the Authority with respect to the matter within such reasonable time as is specified in that notice.
Subregulation 5
Upon any certification under paragraph (1) or cancellation of any such certification under paragraph (2), or upon any recommendation under paragraph (3), the Authority must, within 7 days after the certification or cancellation or recommendation, as the case may be, give notice thereof by giving a copy of its decision to the airport licensee concerned.
Subregulation 6
The Authority must state in the copy of its decision referred to in paragraph (5), the effective date of the certification or cancellation or recommendation, as the case may be.
Subregulation 7
[Deleted by S 778/2014 wef 01/12/2014]