Airports Company Act, 1993 (Act No. 44 of 1993)

10. Minister may issue orders
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(1)The Minister may by order require the company to do or not to do what is mentioned in the order, if it is reasonably necessary or expedient so to order—

[Words preceding section 10(1)(a) substituted by section 10(a) of Act No. 2 of 1998]

(a)in the interest of national security; or
(b)to discharge or facilitate the discharge of an international obligation of the State.

 

(1A)The company may utilise any legal remedy available to the company in respect of an order under subsection (1).

[Section 10(1A) inserted by section 10(b) of Act No. 2 of 1998]

 

(2)Any order under subsection (1) shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of the Aviation Act, 1962 (Act No. 74 of 1962), or the Civil Aviation Offences Act, 1972 (Act No. 10 of 1972), unless such inconsistency is in the interest of national security.

 

(3)The Minister shall consult with the company prior to an order by him under subsection (1).

 

(4)The company shall take all the necessary steps to give effect to an order under subsection (1).

 

(5)The Minister shall to such extent as he may determine with the concurrence of the Minister responsible for Finance, out of moneys appropriated by Parliament compensate the company for any cost which the company cannot readily recover from the users of company airports and which it incurs as a direct result of any order by the Minister under subsection(1).

[Section 10(5) substituted by section 10(c) of Act No. 2 of 1998]

 

(6)[Section 10(6) deleted by section 10(d) of Act No. 2 of 1998]

 

(7)The Minister shall lay a copy of every order under subsection (1) of this section upon the Table in Parliament in the manner contemplated in section 8(2) within 30 days after it was issued.

[Section 10(7) substituted by section 10(e) of Act No. 2 of 1998]

 

(8)[Section 10(8) deleted by section 10(f) of Act No. 2 of 1998]