The Aeroplane Noise Regulations 1999

Noise certificate requirements for civil subsonic jet aeroplanes

10.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), this regulation shall apply to any civil subsonic jet aeroplane, registered in the United Kingdom after 1st November 1990, which has a maximum take-off mass of more than 34,000 kilograms and a capacity of more than 19 seats and powered by engines having a by-pass ratio of less than 2.

(2) Subject to regulations 21 and 22, an aeroplane to which this regulation applies shall not be operated in the territories of member States or EEA States unless there is in force in respect of that aeroplane a noise certificate granted by the CAA certifying that the aeroplane complies with requirements which are at least equal to the standards specified in Part II, Chapter 3, Volume 1 of Annex 16/1988.

(3) This regulation shall not apply—

(a)to any aeroplane entered on the register of a member State or EEA State on 1st November 1990,

(b)to any aeroplane used only in the territories of the overseas departments,

(c)on or after 1st April 2002, to any aeroplane to which regulation 14 applies.