Section 22 of the Aviation Act, 1962, is hereby amended, with effect from the transfer date—
| (a) | by the substitution in subsection (1) for paragraph (b)bis of the following paragraph: |
| "(b)bis | [air traffic services for the Republic, and the powers and duties of the persons charged with the operation of such services] the operation and provision of any air navigation infrastructure, air traffic service or air navigation service by the Air Traffic and Navigation Services Company established by section 2 of the Air Traffic and Navigation Services Company Act, 1993;"; and |
| (b) | by the insertion in subsection (1) of the following paragraph after paragraph (b)bis: |
| (i) | the setting of standards for the training, the grading and the licensing of staff concerned in the provision of any air traffic service or any air navigation service, whether or not mentioned in paragraph (b)bis; |
| (ii) | the designation of airways, advisory air routes, prohibited and restricted military areas, general flying and sporting aviation areas and other particular areas; |
| (iii) | the investigation of incidents reported in relation to the provision of any air traffic service, whether or not mentioned in paragraph (b)bis; |
| (iv) | the approval and, where appropriate, the design of let-down and missed approach procedures; |
| (v) | the approval for the siting of any off-airport air navigation infrastructure, whether or not mentioned in paragraph (b)bis, which is not situated on an airport; |
| (vi) | the certification of categories of operations at airports; |
| (vii) | the setting of standards for the maintenance of any air navigation infrastructure, whether or not mentioned in paragraph (b)bis, and for the training, the grading and the licensing of staff involved in such maintenance; |
| (viii) | the flight calibration of any such air navigation infrastructure; |
| (ix) | the maximum hours of duty of staff concerned in the provision of any air traffic service, whether or not mentioned in paragraph (b)bis; |
| (x) | the co-ordination of frequency allocations in bands of the radio spectrum allocated for aviation use; |
| (xi) | the co-ordination of aeronautical search and rescue operations; |
| (xii) | the publication of aeronautical information; |
| (xiii) | the licensing of entities concerned in any air traffic service, whether or not mentioned in paragraph (b)bis; and |
| (xiv) | any other matter in relation to the provision and operation of any said air navigation infrastructure, air traffic services or air navigation services the regulation of which, in the opinion of the Minister, may be necessary or desirable in order to promote the safe and orderly provision and operation of the said infrastructure and services;". |
GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE:
| [ ] | Words in bold type in square brackets indicate omissions from existing enactments. |
| | Words underlined with a solid line indicate insertions in existing enactments. |
