Noise certificate requirements for civil subsonic jet aeroplanes
11.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) no civil subsonic jet aeroplane which is registered otherwise than in the United Kingdom, Gibraltar or another member State or EEA State shall land or take-off in the United Kingdom unless there is in force in respect of that aeroplane a noise certificate granted by the competent authority of the State of registry certifying that the aeroplane complies with requirements which are at least equal to the standards specified in Part II, Chapter 2, of Volume 1 of Annex 16/1981.
(2) This regulation shall not apply to any aeroplane to which regulation 12 or, on or after 1st April 2002, regulation 14 applies but it shall apply to any such aeroplane for the time being exempted from the requirements of either of those regulations if that aeroplane would otherwise fall within the description set out in paragraph (1).