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Aviation Security Act 1982

Part III

area in which the aerodrome is wholly or mainly situated and any constable under the direction and control of the chief officer of police for that area.

(2) In the application of this Part of this Act to Scotland—

(a) references to the police authority shall, where the relevant police area is a combined area, be construed as references to the joint police committee; and

(b) for the words in paragraph (c) of section 30(3) of this Act from “if that area is a county” to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted the words “by any local authority exercising functions for that area or any part of that area”.

(3) In the application of this Part of this Act to Northern Ireland—

(a) the references in section 25(1) of this Act and subsection (1) above to constables or any constable under the direction and control of the chief officer of police for the area there mentioned shall be construed as references to members or any member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary or the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve;

(b) references in other provisions to a chief officer of police shall be construed as references to the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary; and

(c) references in any provision to the police authority or police force for a police area shall be construed respectively as references to the Police Authority for Northern Ireland and the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

Part IV
The Aviation Security Fund

The Aviation Security Fund. 32.—(1) There shall continue to be, under the control and management of the Secretary of State, a fund called the Aviation Security Fund out of which payments shall be made in accordance with this section.

(2) The Secretary of State may, out of the Aviation Security Fund, reimburse to any person who is—

(a) the operator of one or more aircraft registered or operating in the United Kingdom, or

(b) the manager of an aerodrome in the United Kingdom, or

(c) the authority responsible for an air navigation installation in the United Kingdom,