Deputy transport minister tables two Bills to merge Mavcom and CAAM
KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 — Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Hasbi Habibollah has tabled both the Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) (Dissolution) Bill 2024 and Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (Amendment) Bill 2024 in Parliament today.
He said these two Bills, once passed, will see Mavcom and all its staff gradually integrated into CAAM over the next few months.
“The second and third reading of the Bills will be done in this meeting,” Hasbi told the Parliament.
The Malaysian Aviation Commission (Dissolution) Bill 2024, seeks to repeal the Malaysian Aviation Commission Act 2015 (Act 771), to dissolve the Mavcom established under the Act, to provide for the vesting of its properties to the CAAM established under CAAM Act 2017 (Act 788) and to provide for related matters.
Under the proposed law, Clause 4 seeks to provide for the devolution of powers, rights, duties, liabilities and obligations of the Mavcom to the CAAM.
Clause 5 seeks to provide that all money standing in or due to be paid to the Aviation Commission Fund and Public Service Fund established under the Malaysian Aviation Commission Act 2015 shall be transferred to the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia Fund established under the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia Act 2017.
Clause 7 of the proposed law seeks to provide for the continuance of services and activities stipulated in an agreement in respect of any operating or concession agreement by a person who is authorised to carry out the services and activities under the Malaysian Aviation Commission Act 2015 until the expiry date of the agreement and subject to the terms and conditions attached to the agreement.
As for the proposed Act to amend the CAAM Act 2017, the Bill seeks to amend the CAAM Act 2017 among others, to transfer all functions of Mavcom about the regulation of economic and commercial affairs in connection with the civil aviation industry in Malaysia to the CAAM due to the dissolution of Mavcom.
With this amendment, the CAAM will become the sole regulatory body of the civil aviation industry in Malaysia.
The merger initially proposed by Transport Minister Anthony Loke in 2019, aims to streamline the country’s aviation oversight by integrating Mavcom’s responsibilities in finance, commerce and economics with CAAM’s focus on technical aspects.
Loke reportedly said the merged entity will then be an independent statutory body under the Transport Ministry.
