The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Nuclear Installations) Regulations 2001

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Nuclear Installations) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 11th May 2001.

2.  The Regulations specified in the First Schedule hereto are hereby revoked.

3.—(1) This regulation applies to each of the nuclear installations specified in Column 1 of the Second Schedule hereto each of which for the purpose of this regulation shall be taken to comprise an area bounded by a circle of the radius specified in Column 2 of the said Schedule opposite its name centred on the position so specified in Column 3 of the said Schedule.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), an aircraft shall not fly over a nuclear installation to which this regulation applies below such height above mean sea level as is specified in Column 4 of the said Schedule opposite its name.

(3) Nothing in this regulation shall prohibit:

(a) in relation to the nuclear installations at Aldermaston, Burghfield, Capenhurst, Chapelcross, Sellafield and Springfields, flight for the purpose of landing at or taking off from the helicopter landing area at the installation with the permission of the person in charge of the installation and in accordance with any conditions to which that permission is subject;

(b) in relation to the nuclear installation at Devonport:

(i) flight at a height of not less than 1,450 feet above mean sea level for the purpose of making either an instrument approach to land on runway 06 or a departure from runway 24 in each case at Plymouth (Roborough) Airport,

(ii) flight for the purpose of landing at or taking off from HMS Drake Helicopter Landing Site with the permission of the Commodore of HMS Drake and in accordance with any conditions to which that permission is subject; or

(iii) flight by a helicopter for the purpose of landing at or taking off from any ship within the Devonport Dockyard with the permission of the Captain of the Port and the Queen’s Harbour Master for Devonport and in accordance with any conditions to which that permission is subject; or

(c) in relation to the nuclear installation at Rosyth, flight within the route notified as the Kelty Lane for the purpose of making an approach to land at, or a departure from, Edinburgh (Turnhouse) Airport; or

(d) in relation to the nuclear installation at Springfields:

(i) flight at a height of not less than 1,670 feet above mean sea level for the purpose of landing at Blackpool Airport; or

(ii) flight in airspace lying south of a straight line drawn from 534644N 0024454W to 534513N 0025044W for the purpose of landing at or taking off from Warton Aerodrome.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Ian McBrayne

Head of Civil Aviation Division,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

18th April 2001