Regulation 9 Exempt Flights

flights by military aircraft;

flights made for the purposes of search and rescue operations;

flights by aircraft of which the maximum total weight authorised is 5700 kg or less made entirely in accordance with the Visual Flight Rules in the Rules of the Air and Air Traffic Control Regulations 1985^f1;

flights terminating at the aerodrome from which the aircraft has taken off;

flights other than the flights referred to in paragraph (i) of this regulation made by aircraft which are the property of a State (including customs and police aircraft) and which are not made for commercial purposes;

flights made exclusively for the purpose of checking or testing equipment used or intended to be used as aids to air navigation;

flights made exclusively for the purpose of instruction or testing of flight crew;(viii)flights made exclusively for the purpose of enabling an aircraft to qualify for the issue or renewal of a Certificate of Airworthiness or of the validation thereof or the approval of a modification of the aircraft, after an application has been made for such issue, renewal, validation or approval as the case may be;

flights made by aircraft of which the maximum total weight authorised is less than two metric tonnes;

flights between points within the specified airspace of Austria;

flights between points within the specified airspace of France;

flights made by helicopters beween any point in the United Kingdom and an offshore installation within the area bounded by straight lines joining successively the following points—

• N6200 W00400; N6200 E00400; N5600 E00400; N5600 W00100; N5740 W00100; N5740 W00400; N6200 W00400.

flights made by helicopters between any point in the United Kingdom and an offshore installation within the area bounded by straight lines joining successively the following points—

• N5500 W00100; N5500 E00300; N5423 E00245; N5256 E00309; N5230 E00247; N5226 E00137; N5238 E00140; N5251 E00124; N5319 E00010; N5500 W00100.