Ghana Civil Aviation Act, 2004 (678) (As Amended)
Section 21: (1) The Director-General may issue Directives for[As substituted by the Ghana Civil Aviation (Amendment) Act, 2016 (Act 906) s.5(a)(i)]
(a) the registration of aircraft in the Republic;
(b) the examination and design of aircraft and the issue of certificates of airworthiness for an aircraft;
(c) prohibiting an aircraft from flying unless
(i) a certificate of airworthiness is issued or validated under the Regulations with respect to it, and
(ii) there is compliance by the aircraft with the conditions relating to maintenance and repair specified by the Regulations;
(d) the licensing, inspection and regulation of aerodromes and places where aircraft may land and for prohibiting the use of unlicensed aerodromes;
(e) unimpeded access to aircraft factories, or premises where an aircraft is undergoing repair for the purposes of inspecting work carried on in relation to that aircraft or parts of that aircraft, and admission into the aircraft;
(f) ensuring unimpeded access to aircraft factories, aircraft cabin and flight deck, hangers, workshops, aerodromes, ramp, fuel storage farms, operator's office and at a reasonable time to conduct a test or an inspection test in order to determine the compliance with this Act or the Regulations or the directives;
(g) prohibiting persons from engaging in or being employed in or in connection with air navigation as specified in the Regulations except in accordance with the provisions in that behalf contained in the Regulations;
(h) the licensing of persons employed at aerodromes, or engaged in the inspection or supervision of aircraft;
(i) the conditions under which and in particular the aerodromes to or from which aircraft entering or leaving the Republic may fly, and the conditions under which aircraft may fly from one part of the Republic to another;
(j) requiring the screening prior to boarding the aircraft of passengers and property intended to be carried in an aircraft in commercial air transport;
(k) the conditions under which passengers and goods may be carried for any other commercial, industrial or gainful purposes, and for prohibiting the carriage by air of goods of the classes specified in the Regulations;
(l) minimising or preventing interference with the use or effectiveness of apparatus used in connection with air navigation and for prohibiting or regulating the use of that apparatus and the display of signs and lights likely to endanger aircraft;
(m) the detention of aircraft for the purpose of carrying out or implementing this Act, the Regulations or the orders, directives, instructions or circulars issued by the Director-General;
(n) requiring persons engaged in or employed in or in connection with air navigation to supply meteorological information for the purposes of air navigation;
(o) controlling the making of signals and any other communications by or to aircraft and persons carried in the aircraft;
(p) regulating the design and use of the civil air ensign which may be established for purposes of air navigation;
(q) the manner and conditions of the issue, validation, renewal, extension or variation of an air operator's certificate or any other certificate, licence, or any other document required by the Regulations, including the examinations and tests to be undergone, and as to the form, custody, production, cancellation, suspension, endorsement and surrender of that document;
(r) the circumstances in which the Authority may grant, refuse, revoke or suspend a licence;
(s) requiring a person who is involved in air transport undertakings to provide specified information;
(t) recording and registration of births and deaths occurring in a part of the world on aircraft registered in the Republic, and of the death outside the Republic of a person who as a traveller on an aircraft dies on the journey in consequence of an accident; [As deleted by the Ghana Civil Aviation (Amendment) Act, 2016 (Act 906) s.5(a)(ii)]
(u) promoting in the public interest the safety of flight of civil aircraft and the protection of persons and property aboard an aircraft operating in commercial air transport and generally for the regulation of civil aviation and air navigation,
(v) securing the highest practicable degree of uniformity in regulations, standards and procedures in relation to aircraft, personnel, air ways and auxiliary services to facilitate and improve air navigation as well as adopt and amend from time to time the standards, recommendations, practices and procedures of the International Civil Aviation Organisation in relation to
(i) communication systems and air navigation aids and surveillance systems;
(ii) characteristics of airports and landing areas;
(iii) rules of the air and air traffic control practices;
(iv) licensing of air traffic safety electronics personnel as well as operating and maintenance personnel;
(v) airworthiness of an aircraft;
(vi) registration and identification of an aircraft;
(vii) collection and exchange of meteorological information;
(viii) log books;
(ix) aeronautical maps and charts;
(x) customs and immigration procedures;
(xi) aircrafts in distress and investigation of accidents and incidents and other matters concerned with the safety, regularity and efficiency of air navigation as and when necessary;
(xii) establishing, identifying, implementing and reviewing safety management systems and policies for the safety of oil aircraft operation;
(xiii) adopting resolutions that require operators or service providers to establish safety management systems;
(xiv) establishing a quality assurance system for internal quality audit system;
(xv) coordinating security activities with the agencies of Government including the National Security Council, the National Aviation Security Committee, the Ghana Armed Forces, the Police Service and the National Disaster Management Committee; and
(xvi) establishing a system to document the title to or an interest in a civil aircraft registered in the Republic or an aircraft engine, propellers, appliances or spare parts for use on an aircraft registered in the Republic;
(w) the safety of operations and surveillance of foreign air operators;
(x) the inspection of documents and other activities necessary to ensure compliance with this Act;
(y) the issuance, renewal, extension or variation of an air carrier licence; and
(z) the amount of insurance to be maintained by domestic carriers in respect of the domestic carrier's liability under the Third Schedule.[As inserted by the Ghana Civil Aviation (Amendment) Act, 2016 (Act 906) s.5(a)(iii)]
(2) The Directives under subsection (1) may provide for
(a) requiring a person specified in the Directives to make returns to the Authority and to any other specified authorities;
(b) the keeping by the Authority of a record of returns made under paragraph (a) of this subsection;
(c) the transmission to the Registrar of Births and Deaths of an air register book of births and deaths;
(d) the keeping by the Authority of a record of persons reported to it as missing, or persons reported with respect to whom there are reasonable grounds for believing that they have died in consequence of an accident involving an aircraft registered in the Republic;
(e) the rectification of records kept by virtue of this subsection.
(3) The Directives under subsection (1) may provide for
(a) the issue of airman certificates;
(b) the issue of certificates of airworthiness of aircraft;
(c) the issue of air operators certificates, and for the establishment of minimum safety standards for the operation of air operators, and for the issue of specific operators provisions.
(4) Directives made under subsection (1) may provide for
(a) the adoption of Annexes to the Chicago Convention, its Standards and Recommended Practices as well as the adoption of operation directives, rules and regulations of the International Civil Aviation Organisation and the Organisation's Technical Guidance material that the Authority may consider appropriate;[As deleted and inserted by the Ghana Civil Aviation (Amendment) Act, 2016 (Act 906) s.5(c)]
(b) the requirement that commercial air transport operations shall be conducted in accordance with the Directives in the interest of safety and in accordance with the relevant international agreement ratified by Parliament under article 75 of the Constitution.
(5) Directives made under subsection (1) may provide for
(a) the manner and the form in which complaints against the performance of a function under this Act or the Regulations may be made to the Director-General, and
(b) the investigation by the Director-General of complaints made under paragraph (a).
(6) Directives made under subsection (1) may provide for
(a) rules governing the flight of aircraft;
(b) the navigation, protection and identification of aircraft;
(c) the safety and protection of persons and property on the ground;
(d) the efficient utilization of the navigable airspace, including the safe altitude of flights and the prevention of collision between aircraft, between aircraft and land or water, vehicles and any other objects and between aircraft and airborne objects;
(e) the examination and rating of civilian school giving instruction in flying or in the repair, alteration, maintenance, and overhaul of aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers, and appliances, as to the adequacy of the course of instruction, the suitability and airworthiness of the equipment, and the competency of the instruction;
(f) the examination and rating of approved, maintenance organizations or shops for the repair, alteration, maintenance and overhaul of aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers and appliances, as to the adequacy and suitability of the equipment, facilities and materials for, and methods of repair and overhaul, and the competence of those engaged in the work and of the instructors; and
(g) the examination and rating of the issues of appropriate certificates of approval for schools and approved maintenance organizations.
(7) Directives made under this section may provide penalties for their contravention.[As deleted and inserted by the Ghana Civil Aviation (Amendment) Act, 2016 (Act 906) s.5(b)]
(8) A penalty imposed under subsection (7) shall not exceed three hundred thousand penalty units.[As substituted by the Ghana Civil Aviation (Amendment) Act, 2016 (Act 906) s.5(d)]
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