Article 8 State aircraft

United Kingdom

F2The Secretary of State shall ensure that, by 7 December 2020 at the latest, State aircraft comply with point (a) of Article 5(5).

F3The Secretary of State shall ensure that, by 7 December 2020 at the latest, transport-type State aircraft comply with point (c) of Article 5(5).

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Air traffic service providers shall ensure that F6:

F7(a)

State aircraft that cannot be equipped with secondary surveillance radar transponders that comply with the requirements set out in Part A of Annex 2, and

(b)

transport-type State aircraft with a maximum certified take-off mass exceeding 5 700 kg or having a maximum cruising true airspeed capability greater than 250 knots, that cannot be equipped with secondary surveillance radar transponders that comply with the requirements set out in Part B and Part C of Annex 2,

can be accommodated, provided that they can be safely handled within the capacity of the air traffic management system.

F8The Secretary of State shall publish the procedures for the handling of State aircraft which are not equipped in accordance with paragraphs 1 or 2 in national aeronautical information publications.

Air traffic service providers shall communicate on an annual basis to the F9CAA their plans for the handling of State aircraft which are not equipped according with paragraphs 1 or 2. Those plans shall be defined by taking into account the capacity limits associated with the procedures referred to in paragraph 6.

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For State aircraft where the capability of the transponders to comply with the requirements of paragraphs 1 and 2 is temporarily inoperative, F11the Secretary of State shall be entitled to allow the operation of that aircraft in the F12airspace provided for in Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 551/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council for a maximum of 3 consecutive days.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/587 of 29 April 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1206/2011 laying down requirements on aircraft identification for surveillance for the single European sky and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1207/2011 laying down requirements for the performance and the interoperability of surveillance for the single European sky (Text with EEA relevance).
F2: Words in Art. 8(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Air Traffic Management (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/459), regs. 1(2), 282(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: Words in Art. 8(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Air Traffic Management (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/459), regs. 1(2), 282(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4: Art. 8(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Air Traffic Management (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/459), regs. 1(2), 282(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5: Art. 8(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Air Traffic Management (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/459), regs. 1(2), 282(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6: Art. 8(5): colon substituted for words (31.12.2020) by The Air Traffic Management (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/459), regs. 1(2), 282(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7: Art. 8(5)(a)(b) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Air Traffic Management (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/459), regs. 1(2), 282(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F8: Words in Art. 8(6) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Air Traffic Management (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/459), regs. 1(2), 282(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F9: Word in Art. 8(7) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Air Traffic Management (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/459), regs. 1(2), 282(6); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F10: Inserted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/587 of 29 April 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1206/2011 laying down requirements on aircraft identification for surveillance for the single European sky and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1207/2011 laying down requirements for the performance and the interoperability of surveillance for the single European sky (Text with EEA relevance).
F11: Words in Art. 8(8) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/459, reg. 282(7)(a) (as inserted by The Air Traffic Management (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/784), regs. 1(2), 5)
F12: Words in Art. 8(8) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/459, reg. 282(7)(b) (as inserted by The Air Traffic Management (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/784), regs. 1(2), 5)