Section 53 Civil Aviation Act 2022

Section 53 of the Civil Aviation Act 2022 is about Authority to enter into cooperation agreements. It is under Part VIII (International Obligations) of the Act.

(1) The Authority shall encourage cooperation in the regulation and administration of aviation safety and security.

(2) The Authority, under subsection (1)—
(a) may enter into any agreement for cooperative endeavours in aviation safety and security with other regional contracting States to the Convention on International Aviation ; and

(b) shall in conjunction with the Minister, negotiate, agree to and manage such cooperative agreements.

(3) The Authority may in the interest of public safety and the safety of civil aviation, delegate certain aviation safety tasks under the cooperative agreement to citizens of Nigeria or citizens of the other State party to the agreement.

(4) The Authority may, subject to the approval of the Minister, cause to be implemented a surcharge on ticket sales by international passengers for the purposes of meeting any obligation arising from cooperative safety and security arrangements.