GOVERNMENT OF FIJI

AIRPORTS (DEVELOPMENT AND MODERNISATION) (AMENDMENT) DECREE

2013 (DECREE NO. 6 OF 2013)

IN exercise of the powers vested in me as the President of the Republic of Fiji and the Commander in Chief of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces by virtue of the Executive Authority of Fiji Decree 2009, I hereby make the following Decree— 

TO AMEND THE AIRPORTS (DEVELOPMENT AND MODERNISATION) DECREE 2012 

Short title and commencement

1.—(1) This Decree may be cited as the Airports (Development and Modernisation) (Amendment) Decree 2013, and shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Gazette.

(2) The Airports (Development and Modernisation) Decree 2012 shall be referred to as the "Principal Decree".

Section 5 amended

2. Section 5 of the Principal Decree is amended in subsection (3) by deleting the words "and shall be reduced on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the rates payable under the existing licences". 

Section 6 amended

3. Section 6 of the Principal Decree is amended— 

(a) in subsection (3)(a) by deleting the words "3 months from date of offer" and substituting "such time as specified in the offer"; and 

(b) by inserting the following new subsection after subsection (1)— 

"(1A) Notwithstanding subsection (1), AFL may, at its absolute discretion, and after taking into account any report or redesign plan as it determines necessary, refuse to make an offer to a temporary licensee under subsection (1)." 

GIVEN under my hand this 23rd day of January 2013.

EPELI NAILATIKAU 
President of the Republic of Fiji