Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 917

      The Rules of the Air (Amendment) Regulations 2001


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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2001 No. 917

CIVIL AVIATION

The Rules of the Air (Amendment) Regulations 2001

  Made 9th March 2001 
  Coming into force 1st April 2001 

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred by article 84(1) of the Air Navigation Order 2000[1] and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

     1. These Regulations may be cited as the Rules of the Air (Amendment) Regulations 2001, and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.

    
2. The First Schedule to the Rules of the Air Regulations 1996[2] shall be amended by substituting for rule 31(3)(a):

        " (3)

      (a) subject to sub-paragraph (b), the commander of the aircraft shall fly in conformity with:

        (i) the air traffic control clearance issued for the flight, as amended by any further instructions given by an air traffic control unit; and

        (ii)

          (aa) the instrument departure procedures notified in relation to the aerodrome of departure, unless he is otherwise authorised by the appropriate air traffic control unit[3]; and

          (bb) the holding and instrument approach procedures notified in relation to the aerodrome of destination, unless he is otherwise authorised by the appropriate air traffic control unit."



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions


Bob Ainsworth
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

9th March 2001



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


These Regulations further amend the Rules of the Air Regulations 1996 by requiring an aircraft commander to fly in conformity with any notified instrument departure procedures.


Notes:

[1] S.I. 2000/1562 as amended by S.I. 2000/397.back

[2] S.I. 1996/1393 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.back

[3] for the definition of "appropriate air traffic control unit" see S.I. 2001/397, article 11(2).back



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