THE CIVIL AVIATION ACT

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Jurisdiction: Tanzania
Instrument: Act or statute
Citation: THE CIVIL AVIATION ACT
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Language: en
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appointments authorisation board composition board governance board meetings corporate procedure director qualifications document execution meeting notice minutes official seal quorum record keeping resignation terms of office validity of proceedings

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The Authority’s Board must include a non-executive Chairman and Vice Chairman, four non-executive members, and the Director General. When proposing board appointees, the Nomination Committee, the President, and the Minister must consider listed qualification criteria. Board chairs and members are appointed for fixed terms, may be re-appointed once, and a member may resign by written notice to the appointing authority. The Board must appoint a lawyer with at least 10 years’ experience as Secretary, and the Secretary may participate in Board proceedings but cannot vote. This section sets meeting rules for the Board, including minimum meeting frequency, who can convene meetings, notice timing, quorum, and voting limits for invited non-members. The Board must confirm the minutes of each meeting at its next meeting.

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AI-assisted research summary: The Authority’s Board must include a non-executive Chairman and Vice Chairman, four non-executive members, and the Director General. When proposing board appointees, the Nomination Committee, the President, and the Minister must consider listed qualification criteria.

1.–(1) The Board of Directors of the Authority shall consist of- (a) a Chairman and Vice Chairman who shall be non-executive; (b) four non-executive members; and (c) the Director General. 557 ©2025 Government of Tanzania. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed without permission of OAG. THE CIVIL AVIATION ACT [CAP. 80 R.E. 2023] (2) In proposing names of persons for appointment as Chairman and members of the Board, the Nomination Committee, the President and the Minister shall each have regard to appoint persons who- (a) are graduates of a recognised university; (b) have at least ten years experience in one or more of the field of management, law, economics, finance or engineering; (c) have knowledge of industry; (d) have satisfied the Committee that they are unlikely to have a conflict of interest under section 43; (e) are willing to serve as members; and (f) are, in the opinion of the Committee, otherwise suitable to perform the functions and duties of a member competently and honestly. Tenure of appointment
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Interpretation
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AI-assisted research summary: Board chairs and members are appointed for fixed terms, may be re-appointed once, and a member may resign by written notice to the appointing authority.

2.–(1) The first Chairman, the Vice Chairman and members of the Board shall be appointed for the following fixed terms: (a) a Chairman - four years; (b) Vice Chairman three years; (c) two members - four years; and (d) two other members - five years; (2) Members, including the Chairman shall each be eligible for re- appointment for one further successive term but shall not otherwise be eligible for re-appointment. (3) A member, may at any time resign by giving notice in writing to the appointing authority and from the date specified in the notice or if no date is so specified, from the date of receipt of the notice by the appointing authority, he shall cease to be a member. Secretary of Board
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Establishment of Civil Aviation Technical Committee
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AI-assisted research summary: The Board must appoint a lawyer with at least 10 years’ experience as Secretary, and the Secretary may participate in Board proceedings but cannot vote.

3.–(1) The Board shall appoint a lawyer of not less than ten years experience to be the Secretary of the Board. Meetings of Board Act No. 10 of 2013 s. 14 (2) The Secretary of the Board may take part in proceedings of the Board but shall have no right to vote.
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Establishment of National Civil Aviation Security Committee
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AI-assisted research summary: This section sets meeting rules for the Board, including minimum meeting frequency, who can convene meetings, notice timing, quorum, and voting limits for invited non-members.

4.–(1) The Board shall meet at least four times yearly at such times and places as it deems necessary for the transaction of its business and it shall convene special meeting upon request by the majority of members. (2) An ordinary meeting of the Board shall be convened by the Chairman and the notice specifying the place, date and time of the meeting shall be sent to each member at his usual place of business or residence not less than ten days before the date of the meeting and where the Chairman is unable to act by reason of illness or other cause or is absent from the United Republic, the Vice Chairman may convene the meeting. (3) The Chairman or, in his absence, the Vice Chairman, may on his own motion, and shall, where requested in writing in that behalf by at least half the members, convene an extra-ordinary meeting of the Board. 558 ©2025 Government of Tanzania. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed without permission of OAG. THE CIVIL AVIATION ACT [CAP. 80 R.E. 2023] (4) The Board may invite any person who is not a member to participate in the deliberations of the Board, but any person so invited shall have no right to vote. (5) The quorum at any meeting of the Authority shall be half of the members of the Board. (6) The Board may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership.
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General powers to make regulations
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AI-assisted research summary: The Board must confirm the minutes of each meeting at its next meeting.

5. Minutes in proper form of each meeting of the Board shall be kept and shall be confirmed by the Board at its next meeting.
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7. Trespassing at aerodrome
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AI-assisted research summary: The Board decides the official seal’s shape, size, and form, and the seal may only be used when the Secretary or another Board-appointed employee is present.

6.–(1) The official seal of the Authority shall be of such shape, size and form as the Board may determine. (2) The official seal of the Authority shall not be affixed to any instrument or document except in the presence of the Secretary or such other employee of the Authority as the Board may appoint in that behalf.
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Trespassing at aerodrome
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AI-assisted research summary: Some official documents must be sealed and signed by two authorised Authority officers; the Authority may also appoint officers or agents to sign certain unsealed instruments on its behalf.

7.–(1) All deeds, documents, rulings, declarations or other official instruments requiring the seal of the Authority shall be sealed with the official seal of the Authority in the presence of two officers of the Authority duly authorised to act in that behalf and shall be signed by those officers. (2) The Authority may by resolution or otherwise appoint any officer or employee of the Authority or any other agent, either generally or in particular case, to execute or sign on behalf of the Authority any agreement or other instrument not under seal in relation to anything coming within the powers of the Authority.
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Nuisance and liability for damage
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AI-assisted research summary: A Board act or proceeding is not invalid just because a member’s appointment was defective or irregular, or because someone acting as a member was later found disqualified.

8. An act or proceeding of the Board shall not be invalid by reason of any defect or irregularity in the appointment of any member or by reason that any person who purported bona fide to act as a member at the time of the act or proceedings, was in fact disqualified or not entitled to act as a member. Minutes of meetings Official seal of Authority Examination of documents Proceedings not invalidated by irregularity Absence from three consecutive meetings
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Nuisance caused by aircraft and aerodromes
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AI-assisted research summary: If a Board member misses three consecutive meetings without sufficient cause, the Board must notify the appointing authority, who may end that member’s appointment and appoint a replacement. The Board may also regulate its own procedure.

9. Where any member absents himself from three consecutive meetings of the Board without sufficient cause, the Board shall advise the appointing authority of the fact and the appointing authority may terminate the appointment of the member and appoint another member in his place. Board may regulate its own procedure
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Responsibility where aircraft is hired out
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AI-assisted research summary: The Board may regulate its own procedure for its meetings and business.

10. Subject to this Act, the Board shall have power to regulate its own procedure in relation to its meetings and the transaction of its business. 559 ©2025 Government of Tanzania. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed without permission of OAG. ©2025 Government of Tanzania. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed without permission of OAG.

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