The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order 2013

Operations manual

96.—(1) This article applies to commercial air transport aircraft registered in the Territory except aircraft used for the time being solely for flights not intended to exceed 60 minutes in duration, which are flights solely for training persons to perform duties in an aircraft.

(2) An operator of an aircraft to which this article applies must—

(a) make available to each member of the operating staff an operations manual, acceptable to the Governor, which complies with paragraph (3);

(b) ensure that each copy of the operations manual is kept up to date; and

(c) ensure that on each flight every member of the crew has access to a copy of every part of the operations manual which is relevant to the crew member’s duties on the flight.

(3) An operations manual—

(a) complies with this paragraph if, subject to sub-paragraph (b), it contains all information and instructions necessary to enable the operating staff to perform their duties as such, including, in particular, information and instructions relating to the specified requirements;

(b) is not required to contain any information or instructions available in a flight manual accessible to the persons by whom the information or instructions may be required.

(4) An aircraft to which this article applies must not fly unless, at least 30 days prior to such flight, the operator of the aircraft has supplied to the Governor a copy of the whole of the operations manual in effect for the aircraft.

(5) Any amendments or additions to the operations manual must be supplied to the Governor by the operator before or immediately after they come into effect.

(6) If an amendment or addition relates to the operation of an aircraft to which the operations manual did not previously apply, that aircraft must not fly for the purpose of commercial air transport until the amendment or addition has been supplied to the Governor.

(7) The operator must make such amendments or additions to the operations manual as the Governor may require for the purpose of ensuring the safety of the aircraft, or of persons or property carried in it, or for the safety or efficiency of air navigation.