# The Civil Aviation (Navigation Services Charges) Regulations 1991, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations consolidate the Civil Aviation (Navigation Services (Charges) Regulations 1986, as amended.
In addition to some minor and drafting amendments the following changes of substance are made:—
(1) The charges payable to the CAA for navlgation services provided in connection with the use of aerodromes specified in the Table in regulation 2(1) have been changed as follows:—
(a) In respect of the three London Airports, the standard charge for the first 100 metric tonnes maximum total weight authorised of an aircraft, or part thereof, is reduced from £1.80 per metric tonne to £1.74 for aircraft engaged on international flights and increased from £1.52 per metric tonne to £1.58 for aircraft engaged on flights other than international flights (referred to hereafter in this Explanatory Note as “domestic flights”). For each additional metric tonne, or part thereof, in excess of 100 metric tonnes, the charge is reduced from £0.77 per metric tonne to £0.74 for aircraft engaged on international flights and increased from £0.62 per metric tonne to £0.65 for aircraft engaged on domestic flights.
(b) Charges at Aberdeen (Dyce) are increased by 8.9 per cent for domestic flights and 1.1 per cent for international flights, charges at Edinburgh are unchanged for domestic flights and reduced by 7.3 per cent for international flights, charges at Glasgow are unchanged for domestic flights and reduced by 7.4 per cent for international flights and charges at Prestwick are increased by 11 per cent for domestic flights and by 3.7 per cent for international flights (regulations 2 and 4(1)).
(2) The minimum charge payable for navigation services at aerodromes and for approach services provided from an aerodrome to aircraft which do not land at that aerodrome is increased from £5 to £10 in respect of an aircraft engaged on a domestic flight (regulations 4(5) and 5(2)).
(3) The charge payable to the CAA on the occasion of a landing or take-off in connection with a flight made exclusively for the purpose of instruction or testing of flight crew is set at 25% of the standard charge in the case of Prestwick and 50%of the standard charge at the three London airports, Aberdeen (Dyce), Edinburgh and Glasgow (regulation 4(4)).
(4) The charge payable to the CAA by the operator of an aircraft which flies within the Shanwick Oceanic Control Area and in respect of which a fight plan is communicated to the appropriate air traffic control unit is increased from £86 to £93 (regulation 6).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/470/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-aviation-navigation-services-charges-regulations-1991/note
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