s 18 Power to revoke or impose permanent conditions on aviation safety instrument
18.—(1) The Authority may, if it considers it necessary in the interests of aviation safety and after an inspection, monitoring, or investigation carried out under this Part, revoke an aviation safety instrument or impose permanent conditions on an aviation safety instrument. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Authority may revoke or impose permanent conditions on an aviation safety instrument if the Authority considers that the revocation or imposition of permanent conditions is necessary in the interests of aviation safety. (3) Revocation under this section may be in respect of the whole or any part of an aviation safety instrument. (4) Before exercising any powers under this section, the Authority must give notice to the holder of the aviation safety instrument concerned —(a) stating that it proposes to revoke or impose permanent conditions on the aviation safety instrument in the manner as specified in the notice; and (b) specifying the time (being at least 28 days from the date of service of notice on the holder) within which written representations may be made to the Authority with respect to the proposed revocation of the aviation safety instrument or the permanent conditions to be imposed on the aviation safety instrument, as the case may be. (5) Upon receipt of any written representation mentioned in subsection (4)(b), the Authority must consider the written representation and may —(a) reject the written representation; or (b) amend the proposed permanent condition in accordance with the written representation, or otherwise, and, in either event, the Authority must give written notice to the holder of the aviation safety instrument concerned of its decision. (6) A person whose aviation safety instrument is revoked or made subject to permanent conditions under this section must —(a) if the aviation safety instrument is made subject to permanent conditions or revoked in part, immediately produce the document to the Authority for appropriate endorsement; and (b) if the whole aviation safety instrument is revoked, immediately surrender the document to the Authority. (7) The holder of an aviation safety instrument who is aggrieved by any decision of the Authority under this section may appeal to the Minister in the manner prescribed by the applicable aviation safety subsidiary legislation; and the Minister’s decision on appeal is final.[4D