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(a) A person may request the Director to determine whether an aviation related service is an air traffic service under paragraph (7) of the definition of the term in Part 1 by application in writing, including a definition, and details of, the proposed service.
(b) The Director may, in consultation with such persons as the Director considers necessary, determine whether any aviation related service is an air traffic service under paragraph (7) of the definition of the term.
A person must not provide a service that the Director determines to be an air traffic service in accordance with rule 172.201 except under the authority of, and in accordance with, the provisions of an air traffic service certificate issued under this Subpart.
(a) Each applicant for an air traffic service certificate for an air traffic service under paragraph (7) of the definition of the term must complete the approved CAA form and submit the completed form to the Director together with—
(1) such other details regarding the applicant’s organisation and the air traffic service as the Director may require; and
(2) a payment of the appropriate application fee prescribed by regulations made under the Act.
(a) An applicant is entitled to an air traffic service certificate for an air traffic service under paragraph (7) of the definition of the term if the Director is satisfied that the—
(1) applicant is a fit and proper person; and
(2) granting of the certificate is not contrary to the interests of aviation safety.
(b) The Director may attach such conditions to the certificate as the Director thinks necessary in the interests of safety.
Each holder of a certificate issued under this Subpart must provide the air traffic service in accordance with the conditions attached to the certificate.
