88A. Aviation security fees - (1) The Central Government, or any other
authority designated by it in its behalf, may levy and collect aviation
security fees on:
(a) embarking
passengers;
(b) cargo
transported out of an airport;
(c) departing private
aircrafts of general aviation;
(d) chartered
aircraft operations; and
(e) any other
dedicated civil aviation operations,
at such rate or rates, as the Central
Government may specify from time to time, and different rates may be specified
for different categories specified herein, to meet the expenditure on aviation
security.
3. The aviation security fee shall be
regulated and utilized in the manner as may be specified by the Central
Government.
4. For the purposes
of this rule -
(a) the expression
“Civil Aviation Security” shall mean the protection of the civil aviation
operations against the acts of unlawful interference;
(b) the expression
“expenditure on aviation security” means any expenditure incurred on—
(i) deployment of any security agency designated by the Central
Government for providing the ‘Civil Aviation Security’; and
(ii) such other
expenditure as may be decided by the Central Government from time to time.
[Inserted by G.S.R. 166(E)
dated 05-03-2014]