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TO VALIDATE PENALTIES ASSESSED OR PAID\nFOR THE NON-PAYMENT OF TERMINAL CHARGES; TO VALIDATE ORDERS OR\nDETERMINATIONS OF THE COURT RELATING TO TERMINAL CHARGES; TO\nVALIDATE CERTAIN ACTIONS TAKEN IN THE COLLECTION OF TERMINAL\nCHARGES; AND FOR INCIDENTAL AND CONNECTED PURPOSES\nENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands.\n1.\nShort title\n1.\nThis Act may be cited as the Terminal Charges (Validation) Act, 2023.\n2.\nValidation of payment and collection of terminal charges\n2.\n(1) The terminal charges paid to the Director of Civil Aviation which were\npurported to have been collected under the authority of regulation 3 of the\nAirport (Security Tax) Regulations (1997 Revision), the Airport (Security Tax)\nRegulations (1999 Revision) or the Airport (Security Tax) Regulations (2003\nRevision) during the period commencing on 1st October, 1997 and ending on\n16th August, 2004 are \u2014\n(a)\nvalidated; and\n(Act 11 of 2023)\nI Assent,\nJane Owen\nGovernor\nDate: 6th October, 2023\n\nSection 3\nTerminal Charges (Validation) Act, 2023\n\nPage 6\nAct 11 of 2023\nc\n\n(b) taken to have been lawfully paid to, and collected by, the Director of Civil\nAviation,\nas if the terminal charges had been prescribed in regulations made under section\n27(d) of the Civil Aviation Authority Act (1997 Revision).\n(2) The terminal charges paid to, and collected by, the Cayman Islands Airports\nAuthority during the period commencing on 17th August, 2004 and ending on\nthe commencement of this Act are \u2014\n(a)\nvalidated; and\n(b) taken to have been lawfully paid to, and collected by, the Cayman Islands\nAirports Authority,\nas if the terminal charges had been prescribed in regulations made under section\n41(1)(k) of the Airports Authority Act, 2004 or the Airports Authority Act (2005\nRevision).\n3.\nValidation of assessment and payment of penalties for non-payment of\nterminal charges\n3.\n(1) Any penalties for non-payment of terminal charges assessed by, or paid to, the\nDirector of Civil Aviation under the purported authority of regulation 4 of the\nAirport (Security Tax) Regulations (1997 Revision), the Airport (Security Tax)\nRegulations (1999 Revision) or the Airport (Security Tax) Regulations (2003\nRevision) during the period commencing on 1st October, 1997 and ending on\n16th August, 2004 are \u2014\n(a)\nvalidated; and\n(b) taken to have been lawfully assessed by, or paid to, the Director of Civil\nAviation,\nas if the penalties were assessed or paid in accordance with regulations made\nunder section 27(d) of the Civil Aviation Authority Act (1997 Revision).\n(2) Any penalties for non-payment of terminal charges assessed by, or paid to, the\nCayman Islands Airports Authority during the period commencing on 17th\nAugust, 2004 and ending on the commencement of this Act are \u2014\n(a)\nvalidated; and\n(b) taken to have been lawfully assessed by, or paid to, the Cayman Islands\nAirports Authority,\nas if the penalties were assessed or paid in accordance with regulations made\nunder section 41(1)(k) of the Airports Authority Act, 2004 or the Airports\nAuthority Act (2005 Revision).\n4.\nValidation of orders or determinations by a court\n4.\nThis Act does not affect any order or determination made by a court with respect to\nterminal charges prior to the commencement of this Act.\n\nTerminal Charges (Validation) Act, 2023\nSection 5\n\nc\nAct 11 of 2023\nPage 7\n\n5.\nImmunity\n5.\n(1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, actions of the Director of Civil\nAviation in the collecting of terminal charges and the assessment of penalties\nfor non-payment of terminal charges during the period commencing on 1st\nOctober, 1997 and ending on 16th August, 2004 are \u2014\n(a)\nvalidated; and\n(b) taken to have been lawful and valid,\nif the actions would have been lawful and valid had the terminal charges been\ncollected and any penalties assessed in accordance with regulations made under\nsection 27(d) of the Civil Aviation Authority Act (1997 Revision).\n(2) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, actions of the Cayman Islands Airports\nAuthority in the collecting of terminal charges and the assessment of penalties\nfor non-payment of terminal charges during the period commencing on 17th\nAugust, 2004 and ending on the commencement of this Act are \u2014\n(a)\nvalidated; 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