No.IO CIVIL AVIATION AMEND~ lENT (3) The head of the Ministry shall copy the report referred to in subsection (2) to the Board, which may, through the head of the Ministry, require the Chief Investigator of Accidents to answer any questions put to him or her in writing by the Board that the Board may wish to have answered in connection thcrcwi th .''. 16 New section inserted in Part IX of Cap. 13:16 Part IX ("Investigation of occurrences") of the principal Act is amended by the insertion after section 59 of the following section- "59A Aviation safety surcharge ( 1) For the purpose of section 55 A, there is hereby levied an aviation safety surcharge in accordance with this section. (2) With efTectfrom such date as the Minister, in consultation with the Board, shall fix by a notice in a Statutory Instrument (hereinafter called the "surcharge notice"), a surcharge is levied at the rate to be prescribed in the surcharge notice (not exceeding zero comma five per centum of the amount upon which it is surcharged, rounded upwards to the nearest unit of a dollar) upon every fee, levy and charge payable to the Authority for registrations effected, I icences, permits or certificates issued, services rendered or anything else clone by it under this Act (but not including the Airport Departure fee prescribed in Statutory Instrument 165 of 2003 or any other regulations that may be substituted for the same). (3) The Minister may in the surcharge notice, after consultation with the Board(a) exclude for any compelling reason from the scope of the aviation safety surcharge (whether indefinitely or temporarily) any class, category or description of registrations effectccl,licences, permits orcertif1cates issued, services rendered or anything else clone by the Authority under this Act for which any fec,levy or charge is payable; (b) charge different rates of aviation security surcharge for different classes, categories or descriptions of registrations effected, licences, permits or certificates issued, services rendered or anything else clone by the Authority under this Act for which any fcc, levy or charge is payable. (3) The Authority shall collect and account for the aviation safety surcharge in the same manner as it collects and accounts for all fees, levies and charges payable to it, and shall credit the proceeds from the surcharge to the Accidents and Occurrences Contingency Account referred to in section 32(2)(a): Provided that the Authority may in respect of the expenses it incurs in collecting and accounting for the aviation safety surcharge and in administering the Accidents and Occurrences Contingency Account.clecluct (by way of transfer to the General Account) from the moneys standing to the credit of Accidents and Occurrences Contingency Account at the end of every financial year an amount to be stipulated in the surcharge notice, not exceeding two point tive per centum of such moneys.". 17 New section inserted in Cap. 13:16 The principal Act is amended hy the insertion after section 69 of the following section430 2018