Moved by
Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
12: Schedule 2, page 86, line 40, leave out from “contract” to end of line 45 and insert “that—
(a) confers an exclusive right to operate a relevant scheduled air service for a period of four years or a series of periods falling within a period of four years, and
(b) imposes minimum service requirements in respect of that service during those periods.
(2) In this paragraph—
“air service” means a flight, or a series of flights, carrying passengers or cargo (including mail);
“airport” means any area especially adapted for air services;
“relevant scheduled air service” means an air service that—
(a) operates between two airports within the United Kingdom or within the United Kingdom and Gibraltar, and
(b) the Secretary of State considers to be necessary in order to maintain sufficient transport links between the areas served by the airports.”
Member’s explanatory statement
This amendment would more precisely define the concession contracts subject to this exemption.