1. Short title, commencement and application .
(1)This Act may be called the Airports Economic
Regulatory Authority of India Act, 2008. (2)It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint. (a)all airports whereat air transport services are operated or are intended to be operated, other
than airports and airfields belonging to or subject to the control of the Armed Forces or paramilitary
Forces of the Union; (b)all private airports and leased airports;