{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-965/annex-V/division-subpart+k/division-spahofo110",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-965/annex-V/division-subpart+k/division-spahofo110.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2012/965",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 of 5 October 2012 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to air operations pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-965",
  "path": "annex/V/division/subpart+k/division/spahofo110",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "SPA.HOFO.110",
  "heading": "Operating procedures",
  "text": "(a) The operator shall, as part of its safety management process, mitigate and minimise risks and hazards specific to helicopter offshore operations. The operator shall specify in the operations manual the:\n(1) selection, composition and training of crews;\n(2) duties and responsibilities of crew members and other involved personnel;\n(3) required equipment and dispatch criteria; and\n(4) operating procedures and minima, such that normal and likely abnormal operations are described and adequately mitigated.\n(b) The operator shall ensure that:\n(1) an operational flight plan is prepared prior to each flight;\n(2) the passenger safety briefing also includes any specific information on offshore related items and is provided prior to boarding the helicopter;\n(3) each member of the flight crew wears an approved survival suit:\n(i) when the weather report or forecasts available to the pilot-in-command/commander indicate that the sea temperature will be less than plus 10 °C during the flight; or\n(ii) when the estimated rescue time exceeds the calculated survival time; or\n(iii) when the flight is planned to be conducted at night in a hostile environment;\n(4) where established, the offshore route structure provided by the appropriate ATS is followed;\n(5) pilots make optimum use of the automatic flight control systems (AFCS) throughout the flight;\n(6) specific offshore approach profiles are established, including stable approach parameters and the corrective action to be taken if an approach becomes unstable;\n(7) for multi-pilot operations, procedures are in place for a member of the flight crew to monitor the flight instruments during an offshore flight, especially during approach or departure, to ensure that a safe flight path is maintained;\n(8) the flight crew takes immediate and appropriate action when a height alert is activated;\n(9) procedures are in place to require the emergency flotation systems to be armed, when safe to do so, for all overwater arrivals and departures; and\n(10) operations are conducted in accordance with any restriction on the routes or the areas of operation specified by the CAA.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1199 of 22 July 2016 amending Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 as regards operational approval of performance-based navigation, certification and oversight of data services providers and helicopter offshore operations, and correcting that Regulation."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Annex 5 point SPA.HOFO.110(b)(10) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Aviation Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/645), regs. 1, 367(4)(b) (with Sch. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1098, regs. 1(3), 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/965/annex/V/division/subpart+k/division/spahofo110",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:05.762953+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}