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Civil Aviation Act Section 15 — Civil Aviation Board: powers and duties
Act on Civil Aviation of Thailand (พระราชบัญญัติการเดินอากาศ) — Section 15.
Plain-English Summary
The Civil Aviation Board supervises the work of the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand so that it is timely, correct and complete under the law and under the Convention and its annexes. Its listed powers include setting national civil aviation policy and approving the national safety plan, the national civil aviation security plan and the national facilitation plan; setting policy to protect passengers and users of aviation services; giving its consent to civil aviation business licences under Section 41/125; setting the method for calculating fares and cargo rates and the maximum rates under Section 41/130; and consenting to the Director's regulations. Under Section 15/1 the Board may summon the Director and staff and, where the Authority acts in a way that may damage national security or civil aviation, order it to suspend or correct the action.
Official Text
Official Thai text at the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State. Translation summary only.
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Act on Civil Aviation of Thailand
พระราชบัญญัติการเดินอากาศ · B.E. 2497 (1954)
The Act on Civil Aviation of Thailand (Air Navigation Act) B.E. 2497 (1954), as substantially amended, regulates Thai civil aviation: aircraft registration and nationality, airworthiness, personnel licensing, air operator certification, civil aviation business licensing, aerodromes and accident investigation. It is administered through the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand, which is established by separate legislation; a 2015 Emergency Decree amending this Act restructured civil aviation administration following International Civil Aviation Organization recommendations and dissolved the former Department of Civil Aviation. The Act gives the Authority's Director most day-to-day licensing and safety powers, with a Civil Aviation Board overseeing the Authority and the economic regulation of airlines. Pilotless aircraft need ministerial permission (Section 24); the Act itself contains no separate drone code.
The summary above is a plain-English educational paraphrase of Section 15 of the Act on Civil Aviation of Thailand. It is not an authoritative translation. For the binding Thai text, consult the Royal Gazette or the Office of the Council of State. Educational use only — not a substitute for advice from a Thai-qualified lawyer.
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