Bill to strengthen aviation sector to be tabled before year-end

Before the end of the year, a bill to tighten the current regulatory framework for civil aviation will be tabled in the National Assembly, junior Ministry of Public Infrastructure Annette Ferguson says.

Making her contribution to the 2015 Budget debate yesterday, Ferguson said that consultations on the bill will commence soon. She later told Stabroek News that the bill would seek to make critical changes to the current regulatory framework for civil aviation. She disclosed that the main aspect of the bill is formulated around security since the Act in its current form has “no provision to reflect the concept regarding security.”

The minister said that the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority’s (GCAA) legal department is