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The Air Navigation (Hong Kong) Order 1995 (Amendment) Order 2011 ("the Order"), to be gazetted on October 21 and tabled in the Legislative Council on October 26, seeks to expand the ambit of the enabling provisions in the Air Navigation (Hong Kong) Order 1995 to support proposed revisions to the fees and charges under the Hong Kong Air Navigation (Fees) Regulations.
A spokesperson for the Transport and Housing Bureau said today (October 19), "the Government's policy is that fees and charges should in general be set at a level sufficient to recover the full cost of providing the services. At present, some fees and charges related to civil aviation are under-recovering while some are over-recovering. Also, some services are provided free of charge to the aviation industry. The Civil Aviation Department (CAD) has reviewed the fees and charges under the Hong Kong Air Navigation (Fees) Regulations and proposed revisions to achieve full cost recovery."
The opportunity is also taken to delete an obsolete fee item and to streamline the structure of a number of fees for applications that involve similar work processes.
The aviation industry has been consulted on the fee proposals and generally has no objection to them.
The Order amends Article 97 of the Air Navigation (Hong Kong) Order 1995 to enable the Chief Executive to -
(a) prescribe the fees to be paid in respect of certain air navigation related matters; and
(b) provide for the payment and refund of any fee prescribed under Article 97(3) of the Air Navigation (Hong Kong) Order 1995.
The target commencement date of the Order is December 16, 2011.
Ends/Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Issued at HKT 16:35
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