Section 60, Civil Aviation Act, 2017 for an effective aviation safety and security

(1) The Director-General shall make or revise, from timeto time as necessary, minimum safety standards for the operation of air navigation facilities located in Sierra Leone. (2) The Director-General shall issue airport certificates to, and establish minimum safety standards for the operation of airports, including aerodromes owned or managed by the Authority that serve any scheduled or unscheduled passenger operations of air operator or foreign air operator aircraft. (3) Any person desiring to operate an airport that is described in this section and that is required by the Director-General, to be certified may file with the Director-General, an application for an airport operating certificate. (4) If the Director-General finds, after investigation, that such person is properly and adequately equipped and able to conduct a safe operation in accordance with the requirements of this Act and the rules, regulations, and standards prescribed thereunder, the Director-General shall issue an airport operating certificate to such person. (5) An airport operating certificate shall contain such terms, conditions and limitations as are reasonably necessary to assure safety in commercial air transport, the breach of which shall entitle the Authority to suspend or cancel the certificate. (6) Unless the Director-General determines that it would be contrary to the public interest, the terms, conditions, and limitations contained in a certificate shall include but not be limited to - 58 59 Approved maintenence and training organisation. Forms of application. Airports and air navigation facilities safety standards. (a) the operation and maintenance of adequate safety equipment, including fire-fighting and rescue equipment capable of rapid access to any portion of the airport used for landing, take off, or surface maneuvering of aircraft; (b) the condition and maintenance of primary and secondary runways as the Director-General determines to be necessary.