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13 of 2009
The Civil Aviation Act 13 of 2009 aims:
- to repeal, consolidate and amend the aviation laws giving effect to certain International Aviation Conventions;
- to provide for the control and regulation of aviation within the Republic;
- to provide for the establishment of a South African Civil Aviation Authority with safety and security oversight functions,
- to provide for the establishment of an independent Aviation Safety Investigation Board in compliance with Annex 13 of the Chicago Convention,
- to give effect to certain provisions of the Convention on Offences and Certain other Acts Committed on Hoard Aircraft;
- to give effect to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft and the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation;
- to provide for the National Aviation Security Program;
- to provide for additional measures directed at more effective control of the safety and security of aircraft, airports and the like; and
- to provide for matters connected thereto.
Amends
- Air Services Licensing Act 115 of 1990
- South African Civil Aviation Authority Levies Act 41 of 1998
- Convention on the International Recognition of Rights in Aircraft Act 59 of 1993
- International Air Services Act 60 of 1993
Commencement
- 31 March 2010 except for sections 9, 12-14, 30-41, 41-68, 117-121, 125-127 (Gazette 32958 of 19 March 2010)
- Sections 117 to 121 and 125 to 127 on 29 March 2012 (Gazette 35183 of 27 March 2012)