The idea of what was ‘drunkenness’ was sufficiently clear, and not capable of being challenged under the Human Rights Act. The order which made it a criminal offence to be drunk on board an aircraft were not ultra vires, since the Act gave power to regulate for safety and that was the intention of the order.
Citations:
Times 14-Jun-2001
Statutes:
Air Navigation (No 2) Order 1995 (1995 No 1970), Civil Aviation Act 1982
Crime, Human Rights
Updated: 10 April 2022; Ref: scu.88686