Regulation 2 Amendments to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 (rules of the air)

(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 of 26 September 2012 laying down the common rules of the air and operational provisions regarding services and procedures in air navigation^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In Article 2 (definitions), after point 143 insert—

“144.

‘with the surface in sight’ means with the flight crew being able to see sufficient surface features or surface illumination to enable the flight crew to maintain the aircraft in a desired attitude without reference to any flight instrument.”.

(3)

In the Annex, Section 5 (visual meteorological conditions, visual flight rules, special VFR and instrument flight rules), in point SERA.5001—

(a)

for the last row of Table S5-1 substitute—

“

At and below 900 m (3 000 ft) AMSL, or 300 m (1 000 ft) above terrain, whichever is the higher A^b B C D^c E 5 km
1 500 m horizontally

300 m (1 000 ft) vertically

F G 5 km^d Clear of cloud and with the surface in sight

”;

(b)

for footnote c to Table S5-1 substitute—

“

c
A VFR flight in airspace class D is also deemed to have complied with Table S5-1 if the aircraft is flown:

(a) during day;

(b) at or below 900 m (3 000 ft) AMSL, or 300 m (1 000 ft) above terrain, whichever is the higher;

(c) at an indicated airspeed of 140 kts or less to give adequate opportunity to observe other traffic or any obstacles in time to avoid collision; and

(d) remaining clear of cloud, with the surface in sight and:

(1) for aircraft other than helicopters, with a flight visibility of at least 5 km;

(2) for helicopters, with a flight visibility of at least 1 500 m.

”;

(c)

after footnote c to Table S5-1 insert—

“

d
A VFR flight in airspace class F or G is also deemed to have complied with Table S5-1 if the aircraft is flown:

(a) during day;

(b) at or below 900 m (3 000 ft) AMSL, or 300 m (1 000 ft) above terrain, whichever is the higher;

(c) at an indicated airspeed of 140 kts or less to give adequate opportunity to observe other traffic or any obstacles in time to avoid collision; and

(d) with a flight visibility of at least 1 500 m.

”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: EUR 923/2012 - this is a reference to the retained version of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 923/2012, as amended by S.I. 2019/459. The retained version of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 923/2012 is online at https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/923/contents.