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Statutory Instruments

2006 No. 1092

CIVIL AVIATION

The Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

Made

10th April 2006

Coming into force

21st April 2006

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of his powers under article 70(1) of the Air Navigation Order 2005(1), makes the following Regulations.

Citation and Commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 21st April 2006.

Amendment of Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations 2002

2.  The Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations 2002(2) shall be amended by substituting for the definition of “Technical Instructions” in Regulation 3(1)—

“Technical Instructions” means the 2005–2006 English language edition of the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air, as amended by the Addendum to those Instructions dated 18th March 2005, by Addendum No. 2 dated 30th June 2005 and by the Addendum and Corrigendum dated 18th August 2005, which were approved and published by decision of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation;.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Derek Twigg

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Department for Transport

Date 10th April 2006

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations 2002. The definition of “Technical Instructions” is amended so as to include a further addendum and corrigendum to the 2005–2006 edition of the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air, approved and published by decision of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation on 18th August 2005.

The Technical Instructions (and addenda) can be purchased from: Labeline of Midas House Chivenor Business Park Barnstaple Devon EX31 4AY; TSO Limited of PO Box 29 Norwich NR3 1GN and Freight Merchandising Services Limited of Unit 19 Ashford Industrial Estate Shield Road Ashford Middlesex TW15 1AU.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.

(1)

S.I. 2005/1970.

(2)

S.I. 2002/2786, amended by S.I. 2004/3214 and 2005/3356.