Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 917
CIVIL AVIATION
The Rules of the Air (Amendment) Regulations 2001
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 2000( 1 ) and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
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 1996( 2 ) 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 unit ( 3 ) ; 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. ”
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