Airport Transfer (Miscellaneous Matters) Act (S.C. 1992, c. 5)

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Airport Transfer (Miscellaneous Matters) Act

Assented to 1992-03-19

An Act to provide for certain matters in connection with the transfer of certain airports

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

2. (1) In this Act,
“designated airport authority”
« administration aéroportuaire désignée »
“designated airport authority” means a corporation or other body designated pursuant to subsection (2);
“designated employee”
« employé désigné »
“designated employee”, for an airport, means an employee designated pursuant to subsection (3) as a designated employee for that airport;
“Minister”
« ministre »
“Minister” means the Minister of Transport;
“transfer date”
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“transfer date”, in respect of an airport, means the date designated pursuant to subsection (2) for that airport.
Marginal note:Designations by Governor in Council
(2) For the purposes of this Act, the Governor in Council may, by order,
- (a) designate any corporation or other body to which the Minister is to sell, lease or otherwise transfer an airport as a designated airport authority; and
- (b) designate the date on which the Minister is to sell, lease or otherwise transfer an airport to a designated airport authority as the transfer date for that airport.
Marginal note:Designation by Minister
(3) For the purposes of this Act, the Minister may, by order, designate any person employed in the federal public administration at or in connection with an airport or airports under the management, charge and direction of the Minister as a designated employee for an airport.

3. This Act is binding on Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province.

4. (1) Where the Minister has leased an airport to a designated airport authority, on and after the transfer date Parts IV, V, VI, VIII, IX and X of the Official Languages Act apply, with such modifications as the circumstances require, to the authority in relation to the airport as if
- (a) the authority were a federal institution; and
- (b) the airport were an office or facility of that institution, other than its head or central office.
Marginal note:Idem
(1.1) Where the Minister has sold or otherwise transferred an airport to a designated airport authority, on and after the transfer date Parts IV, VIII, IX and X of the Official Languages Act apply, with such modifications as the circumstances require, to the authority in relation to the airport as if
- (a) the authority were a federal institution; and
- (b) the airport were an office or facility of that institution, other than its head or central office.
Marginal note:Construction
(2) Nothing in subsection 23(2) of the Official Languages Act shall, in relation to an airport transferred to a designated airport authority by the Minister, be construed or applied so as to impose a duty on any institution other than that authority.