Article 19 Amendment of the Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order 2001

After article 105 there shall be inserted:

“Instrument Approach Procedures

105A.

(1)

No person may establish or use an instrument approach procedure at an aerodrome in the Territory otherwise than under and in accordance with an approval granted by the Governor to the aerodrome licence holder or to the person having the management and control of a government aerodrome.

(2)

An approval shall be granted pursuant to paragraph (1) upon the Governor being satisfied:

(a)

as to the intended purpose of the procedure; and

(b)

that the person applying for approval is competent to operate the procedure and that any equipment associated with such procedure is fit for its intended purpose.

(3)

An approval pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be granted on such conditions as the Governor shall think fit and he shall cause such procedure to be notified as a procedure available for the landing of aircraft at an aerodrome within the Territory.

(4)

No person may use an instrument approach procedure otherwise than in accordance with the published conditions for such use.

(5)

For the purposes of this article an “instrument approach procedure” means a series of pre-determined manoeuvres by reference to flight instruments with specified protection from obstacles from the initial approach fix or, where applicable, from the beginning of a defined arrival route, to a point from which a landing can be completed and thereafter if a landing is not completed, to a position at which holding or en-route obstacle clearance criteria apply.

(6)

Nothing in paragraph (1) shall apply to any aerodrome in the Territory that is in the occupation of Her Majesty’s naval, military or air force or of any visiting force.”