The Aeroplane Noise (Limitation on Operation of Aeroplanes) Regulations 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make provision for implementing the Community obligations of the United Kingdom provided for in Council Directive 92/14/EEC of 2nd March 1992 on the limitation of the operation of aeroplanes covered by Part II, Chapter 2, Volume 1 of Annex 16 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation and matters related thereto. (Copies of the Convention and of Annex 16 may be obtained from the Civil Aviation Authority, Greville House, 37 Gratton Road, Cheltenham, Glos GL50 2BN.) These are aeroplanes with a maximum certificated take-off mass of 34,000 kilograms or more or with a certified internal accommodation for the aeroplane type in question consisting of more than nineteen passenger seats, excluding any seats for crew only (regulation 3).

The operation of such aeroplanes will gradually be phased out between 1st April 1995 and 31st March 2002 (regulation 4), although various exemptions may be granted by the CAA after consultation with the Secretary of State (regulations 10 to 16).

These Regulations create offences of operating a relevant aeroplane without carrying an appropriate noise certificate (regulation 4), of failing to produce the noise certificate (regulation 5), of failing to comply with a direction not to take off (regulation 6) and of obstructing a person acting in the exercise of his powers of the performance or his duties (regulation 8).