The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Belarusian Aircraft) Regulations 2021
S.I. 2021/1475 · Made 17 December 2021 · Extends to United Kingdom
This Statutory Instrument has been published in substitution of the S.I. of the same number, which was originally classified as a local non-print S.I., but should have been classified and published as a printed general S.I.
Civil Aviation
Made 17th December 2021
Coming into force 18th December 2021
The Secretary of State has decided it is necessary in the public interest to restrict flying in the area specified in regulation 2 by aircraft on scheduled services which are owned, chartered or operated by a person connected with Belarus, or which are registered in Belarus.
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by article 239 of the Air Navigation Order 2016f1.
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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S.I. 2016/765, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Restricted airspace
- 3Revocation of Regulations
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencementI1
These Regulations may be cited as the Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Belarusian Aircraft) Regulations 2021 and come into force the day after they are made.
2Restricted airspaceI1
Subject to paragraph (2), no aircraft on a scheduled service which is owned, chartered or operated by a person connected with Belarus, or which is registered in Belarus shall fly in United Kingdom airspace, including in the airspace above the United Kingdom’s territorial seaf1.
Paragraph (1) does not apply to any aircraft flying in accordance with the permission of—
the Secretary of State, or
the air traffic control units at Swanwick or Prestwick.
3Revocation of RegulationsI1
The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Belavia) Regulations 2021f1 are revoked.
Signature
Grant Shapps
Secretary of State
Department of Transport
17th December 2021
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations impose restrictions of an emergency nature on the flying in United Kingdom airspace, including in the airspace above the United Kingdom’s territorial sea, by aircraft on scheduled services which are owned, chartered or operated by a person connected with Belarus, or which is registered in Belarus. They are intended to be of temporary duration and will be revoked as soon as it is deemed appropriate to do so.
These Regulations also revoke and replace the Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Belavia) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/657).
In relation to the permission mentioned in regulation 2(2)(a), this can be obtained by contacting the Department of Transport on 0300 330 3000 during the hours of 0830 to 1730 Monday to Friday, emailing [email protected] outside of these times, or by writing to [email protected].