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The Rules of the Air (Amendment) Regulations 2001

S.I. 2001/917 · Made 9 March 2001

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CIVIL AVIATION

Made 9th March 2001

Coming into force 1st April 2001

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred by article 84(1) of the Air Navigation Order 2000f1 and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2000/1562 as amended by S.I. 2000/397.

Contents

  1. 1Regulation 1
  2. 2Regulation 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Rules of the Air (Amendment) Regulations 2001, and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.

2

The First Schedule to the Rules of the Air Regulations 1996f1 shall be amended by substituting for rule 31(3)(a):

“(3)
(a)

subject to sub-paragraph (b), the commander of the aircraft shall fly in conformity with:

(i)

the air traffic control clearance issued for the flight, as amended by any further instructions given by an air traffic control unit; and

(ii)
(aa)

the instrument departure procedures notified in relation to the aerodrome of departure, unless he is otherwise authorised by the appropriate air traffic control unitf2; and

(bb)

the holding and instrument approach procedures notified in relation to the aerodrome of destination, unless he is otherwise authorised by the appropriate air traffic control unit.”

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Bob Ainsworth

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

9th March 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Rules of the Air Regulations 1996 by requiring an aircraft commander to fly in conformity with any notified instrument departure procedures.