Regulation 7 Rules on the introduction of operating restrictions aimed at the withdrawal of marginally compliant aircraft
If the assessment of all available measures, including operating restrictions of a partial nature, carried out in relation to a relevant airport in conformity with the requirements of regulation 6(1) demonstrates that the achievement of any environmental objective for that airport requires it, the competent authority for that airport shall introduce the following operating restrictions aimed at the withdrawal of marginally compliant aircraft:
Six months from the date of the decision to introduce an operating restriction, no services over and above those operated in the corresponding period of the previous year shall be allowed with marginally compliant aircraft at that airport; and
Twelve months from the date of the decision to introduce operating restrictions, the competent authority may require each aircraft operator to reduce the number of movements of his marginally compliant aircraft at that airport by an annual rate of not more than 20% of the total number of movements of his marginally compliant aircraft at the time of the introduction of operating restrictions.
Subject to the rules on assessment in regulation 6, the competent authority at a city airport may introduce measures which are more stringent in terms of the definition of marginally compliant aircraft provided that these measures do not affect civil subsonic jet aeroplanes that comply, either through original certification or recertification, with the noise standards in Chapter 4 of Annex 16.
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Textual amendments
- F1
Regulations revoked (S.) (29.3.2019) by The Airports (Noise-related Operating Restrictions) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/409), regs. 1(1), 4
- F2
Regulations revoked (E.W.) (23.7.2018) by The Airports (Noise-related Operating Restrictions) (England and Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/785), regs. 1(1), 7