{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-amendment-order-2017/article-55",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/1112",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-amendment-order-2017",
  "path": "article/55",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "55",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "After Schedule 13, Part 2, Chapter 9 add—\n“CHAPTER 10\nProvision of Part-SPO\nSubject matter\nSPO.GEN.102\nTouring motor gliders, powered sailplanes and mixed balloons\nSPO.GEN.105\nCrew responsibilities\nSPO.GEN.107\nPilot-in-command responsibilities and authority\nSPO.GEN.108\nPilot-in-command responsibilities and authority – balloons\nSPO.GEN.119\nTaxiing of aircraft\nSPO.GEN.130\nPortable electronic devices\nSPO.GEN.145\nHandling of flight recorder recordings: preservation, production, protection and use – operations with complex motor-powered aircraft\nSPO.OP.100\nUse of aerodromes and operating sites\nSPO.OP.110\nAerodrome operating minima – aeroplanes and helicopters\nSPO.OP.111\nAerodrome operating minima – NPA, APV, CAT I operations\nSPO.OP.125\nMinimum obstacle clearance altitudes – IFR flights\nSPO.OP.130\nFuel and oil supply – aeroplanes\nSPO.OP.131\nFuel and oil supply – helicopters\nSPO.OP.132\nFuel and ballast supply and planning - balloons\nSPO.OP.135\nSafety briefing\nSPO.OP.140\nFlight preparation\nSPO.OP.145\nTake-off alternate aerodromes – complex motor-powered aeroplanes\nSPO.OP.150\nDestination alternate aerodromes – aeroplanes\nSPO.OP.151\nDestination alternate aerodromes – helicopters\nSPO.OP.155\nRefuelling with persons embarking, on board or disembarking\nSPO.OP.160\nUse of headset\nSPO.OP.165\nSmoking\nSPO.OP.170\nMeteorological conditions\nSPO.OP.175\nIce and other contaminants – ground procedures\nSPO.OP.176\nIce and other contaminants – flight procedures\nSPO.OP.180\nTake-off conditions – aeroplanes and helicopters\nSPO.OP.181\nTake-off conditions – balloons\nSPO.OP.195\nUse of supplemental oxygen\nSPO.OP.205\nAirborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS)\nSPO.OP.210\nApproach and landing conditions – aeroplanes and helicopters\nSPO.OP.215\nCommencement and continuation of approach – aeroplanes and helicopters\nSPO.OP.230\nStandard operating procedures\nSPO.POL.100\nOperating limitations – all aircraft\nSPO.POL.105\nMass and balance\nSPO.POL.110\nMass and balance system – commercial operations with aeroplanes and helicopters and non-commercial operations with complex motor-powered aircraft\nSPO.POL.115\nMass and balance data and documentation – commercial operations with aeroplanes and helicopters and non-commercial operations with complex motor-powered aircraft\nSPO.POL.120\nPerformance – general\nSPO.POL.125\nTake-off mass limitations – complex motor-powered aircraft\nSPO.POL.130\nTake-off – complex motor-powered aeroplanes\nSPO.POL.135\nEn route – one engine inoperative – complex motor-powered aircraft\nSPO.POL.140\nLanding – complex motor-powered aircraft\nSPO.POL.145\nPerformance and operating criteria – aeroplanes\nSPO.POL.146\nPerformance and operating criteria – helicopters\nSPO.IDE.A.100\nInstruments and equipment — general\nSPO.IDE.A.105\nMinimum equipment for flight\nSPO.IDE.A.110\nSpare electrical fuses\nSPO.IDE.A.115\nOperating lights\nSPO.IDE.A.120\nOperations under VFR — flight and navigational instruments and associated equipment\nSPO.IDE.A.125\nOperations under IFR — flight and navigational instruments and associated equipment\nSPO.IDE.A.126\nAdditional equipment for single-pilot operations under IFR\nSPO.IDE.A.130\nTerrain awareness warning system (TAWS)\nSPO.IDE.A.131\nAirborne collision avoidance system (ACAS II)\nSPO.IDE.A.132\nAirborne weather detecting equipment – complex motor-powered aeroplanes\nSPO.IDE.A.133\nAdditional equipment for operations in icing conditions at night - complex motor-powered aeroplanes\nSPO.IDE.A.140\nCockpit voice recorder\nSPO.IDE.A.145\nFlight data recorder\nSPO.IDE.A.150\nData link recording\nSPO.IDE.A.155\nFlight data and cockpit voice combination recorder\nSPO.IDE.A.160\nSeats, seat safety belts and restraint systems\nSPO.IDE.A.165\nFirst-aid kit\nSPO.IDE.A.170\nSupplemental oxygen – pressurised aeroplanes\nSPO.IDE.A.175\nSupplemental oxygen – non-pressurised aeroplanes\nSPO.IDE.A.180\nHand fire extinguishers\nSPO.IDE.A.181\nCrash axe and crowbar\nSPO.IDE.A.185\nMarking of break-in points\nSPO.IDE.A.190\nEmergency locator transmitter (ELT)\nSPO.IDE.A.195\nFlight over water\nSPO.IDE.A.200\nSurvival equipment\nSPO.IDE.A.205\nIndividual protective equipment\nSPO.IDE.H.197\nLife-jackets – complex motor-powered helicopters\nSPO.IDE.H.198\nSurvival suits – complex motor-powered helicopters\nSPO.IDE.H.199\nLife-rafts, survival ELTs and survival equipment on extended overwater flights – complex motor-powered helicopters\nSPO.IDE.H.200\nSurvival equipment\nSPO.IDE.H.201\nAdditional requirements for helicopters conducting offshore operations in a hostile sea area – complex motor-powered helicopters\nSPO.IDE.H.202\nHelicopters certified for operating on water – miscellaneous equipment\nSPO.IDE.H.203\nAll helicopters on flights over water - ditching\nSPO.IDE.H.205\nIndividual protective equipment\nSPO.IDE.H.210\nHeadset\nSPO.IDE.H.215\nRadio communication equipment\nSPO.IDE.H.220\nNavigation equipment\nSPO.IDE.H.225\nTransponder\nSPO.IDE.S.100\nInstruments and equipment — general\nSPO.IDE.S.105\nMinimum equipment for flight\nSPO.IDE.S.115\nOperations under VFR — flight and navigational instruments\nSPO.IDE.S.120\nCloud flying — flight and navigational instruments\nSPO.IDE.S.125\nSeats and restraint systems\nSPO.IDE.S.130\nSupplemental oxygen\nSPO.IDE.S.135\nFlight over water\nSPO.IDE.S.140\nSurvival equipment\nSPO.IDE.S.145\nRadio communication equipment\nSPO.IDE.S.150\nNavigation equipment\nSPO.IDE.S.155\nTransponder\nSPO.IDE.B.100\nInstruments and equipment — general\nSPO.IDE.B.105\nMinimum equipment for flight\nSPO.IDE.B.110\nOperating lights\nSPO.IDE.B.115\nOperations under VFR — flight and navigational instruments and associated equipment\nSPO.IDE.B.120\nFirst-aid kit\nSPO.IDE.B.121\nSupplemental oxygen\nSPO.IDE.B.125\nHand fire extinguishers\nSPO.IDE.B.130\nFlight over water\nSPO.IDE.B.135\nSurvival equipment\nSPO.IDE.B.140\nMiscellaneous equipment\nSPO.IDE.B.145\nRadio communication equipment\nNCO.IDE.B.150\nTransponder\n”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 55 in force at 14.12.2017, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1112/article/55",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:06:21.933020+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}