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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-general-regulations-2005/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/1980",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Navigation (General) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-general-regulations-2005",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations consolidate the Air Navigation (General) Regulations 1993, as amended by the Air Navigation (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002 and 2003, the Air Navigation (General) (Second Amendment) Regulations 1999, and the Air Navigation (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2003. Those Regulations are revoked.\nIn addition to minor, drafting amendments the Regulations make the following changes of substance—\n(1) Under Article 44(1) of the Air Navigation Order 2005 aeroplanes registered in the United Kingdom and flying for the purposes of public transport must comply with JAR-OPS 1 but the CAA may grant a permission under Article 44(5) in respect of such aeroplanes, authorising them to comply with the applicable provisions of Schedule 2 of these Regulations instead. Aeroplanes to which the CAA grants a permission under article 44(5) of the Air Navigation Order 2005 are required to comply with Schedule 2. This comprises public transport aeroplanes designated as aeroplanes of performance groups A, B, C, D, E, F, X and Z, the latter designation being intended for aeroplanes with no performance group classification in their certificates of airworthiness. (Regulation 5 and Schedule 2).\n(2) Regulations 7 to 12 of the Air Navigation (General) Regulations 1993, which specified prescribed performance criteria, have been transcribed to Schedule 2. The Schedule to the Air Navigation (General) Regulations 1993 has also been transcribed to, and is now paragraph 7 of Schedule 2.\n(3) Regulations 19, 20 and 21 of the Air Navigation (General) Regulations 1993 have been transcribed into Schedule 3 of these Regulations. Schedule 3 applies to helicopters, to which article 45(1) of the Air Navigation Order 2005 applies. This comprises public transport helicopters carrying out performance class 1, 2 and 3 operations. (Regulation 6 and Schedule 3)\n(4) The Regulations prescribe the capability and function for Mode S elementary surveillance and Mode S enhanced surveillance under paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to the Air Navigation Order 2005. (Regulation 15)\n(5) Regulation 14 of the Air Navigation (General) Regulations 1993 (Certificates of Maintenance Review and of Release to Service—issued by maintenance engineers licensed by prescribed countries) has not been replicated in these Regulations.\nCopies of Document 7030/4-NAT Part 1, Rules of the Air, Air Traffic Services and Search and Rescue (ICAO Regional Procedures, Fourth Edition—1987) can be obtained from The Stationery Office at www.tso.co.uk and Annex 10 to the Chicago Convention can be obtained from Airplan Flight Equipment Limited at www.afeonline.com or from ICAO.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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