Regulation 307 Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 923/2012

(1)

The Annex (rules of the air) is amended as follows.

(2)

In Section 1 (flight over the high seas), in SERA.1001 (general)—

(a)

in point (a)—

(i)

omit “in particular within Functional Airspace Blocks”,

(ii)

for “member States” substitute “United Kingdom”,

(iii)

for “Member States” substitute “the United Kingdom”, and

(iv)

for “they are” substitute “the United Kingdom is”, and

(b)

in point (b)—

(i)

for “a Member State” substitute “the United Kingdom”, and

(ii)

for “the Member State” substitute “the Secretary of State”.

(3)

In Section 2 (applicability and compliance), in SERA.2001 (subject)—

(a)

in point (a) for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”,

(b)

in point (b) for “a Member State of the Union” substitute “the United Kingdom”, and

(c)

in the unnumbered paragraph after point (b) for “Competent Authorities of the Member States” substitute “competent authority”.

(4)

In Section 3 (general rules and collision avoidance)—

(a)

in each of SERA.3115 (dropping or spraying), SERA.3120 (towing), SERA.3125 (parachute descents) and SERA.3130 (aerobatic flight), for point (a) substitute—

“(a)
legislation, if any, applicable to that activity, and”,

(b)

in SERA.3145 (prohibited areas and restricted areas) for “Member State over whose territory the areas are established” substitute “Secretary of State”, and

(c)

in SERA.3301 (general), in point (d) omit “Union or national”.

(5)

In Section 5 (visual meteorological conditions, visual flight rules, special VFR and instrument flight rules), in SERA.5005 (visual flight rules), in point (d)(2), in each of points (i) and (ii) for “Member States” substitute “competent authority”.

(6)

In Section 6 (airspace classification), in SERA.6001 (classification of airspaces)—

(a)

in point (a) for “Member States” substitute “The competent authority”, and

(b)

in point (b) for “Member States” substitute “United Kingdom”.

(7)

In Section 7 (air traffic services), in SERA.7005 (coordination between the airport operator and air traffic services), in point (a) omit “Union”.

(8)

In Section 8 (air traffic control service), in SERA.8035 (communications), in point (b)—

(a)

for “Member States” substitute “Secretary of State”, and

(b)

omit the second sentence.

(9)

In Section 11 (interference, emergency contingencies and interception), in SERA.11015 (interception), in point (a) for “Member States” substitute “the Secretary of State”.

(10)

In Section 12 (services related to meteorology — aircraft observations and reports by voice communications), in SERA.12005 (special aircraft observations), in point (b) for “Competent authorities” substitute “The competent authority”.

(11)

In Section 14 (voice communication procedures), in SERA.14015 (language to be used in air-ground communication)—

(a)

in point (a) omit the words from “or” to the end of the point, and

(b)

omit point (b).