The Air Navigation (Third Amendment) Order 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Air Navigation Order 1989.

The principal changes are:

(1) The requirements for the nationality and registration marks to be borne by aircraft registered in the United Kingdom have been redrafted but without making any substantive changes (article 2(1) and (20)).

(2) The requirement to establish and comply with aerodrome operating minima now applies to all public transport aircraft registered in the United Kingdom whether or not an operations manual is required for such aircraft. A means of calculating and recording appropriate aerodrome operating minima is provided for public transport aircraft which are not required to have an operations manual (article 2(2), (3), (4) and (5)).

(3) A display authorisation granted pursuant to article 56(6) of the Order shall remain in force for the period indicated in the authorisation (article 2(7)).

(4) A person holding an air traffic controller’s licence shall not perform any of the functions specified in respect of a rating included in his licence when suffering from fatigue (article 2(8), (19) and (24)).

(5) Every holder of or applicant for an aerodrome licence must submit an aerodrome manual which contains specified information. He must make available relevant parts of the manual to aerodrome operating staff and take reasonable steps to ensure that the provisions of the manual are complied with. He must continue to take all reasonable steps to secure that the aerodrome and its airspace are safe for use by aircraft. He must keep the aerodrome manual up to date, must furnish any amendment to the Authority and must make any amendments required by the Authority (article 2(9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (16), (18) and (25)).

(6) Air traffic engineers are required to submit reports of reportable occurrences (article 2(14)).

(7) Pilots of aircraft flying for the purposes of public transport are required to undergo tests of proficiency in using instrument approach-to-land systems only if intended by the operator to fly as pilot in circumstances requiring compliance with Instrument Flight Rules (article 2(21) and (22)).

(8) A permission granted by the Authority permitting an aircraft not to carry the flight manual referred to in its certificate of airworthiness may be granted subject to such conditions as the Authority thinks fit (article 2(23)).