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132.—(1) This article applies to public transport aircraft registered elsewhere than in the United Kingdom.
(2) An aircraft to which this article applies must not fly in or over the United Kingdom unless the operator has made available to the flight crew aerodrome operating minima which comply with paragraph (3) for every aerodrome at which it is intended to land or take off and every destination alternate aerodrome.
(3) The aerodrome operating minima provided in accordance with paragraph (2) must be no less restrictive than either—
(a)minima calculated in accordance with the notified method for calculating aerodrome operating minima; or
(b)minima which comply with the law of the country in which the aircraft is registered,
whichever are the more restrictive.
(4) An aircraft must not undertake low visibility operations otherwise than under and in accordance with the terms of an approval to do so granted in accordance with the law of the country in which it is registered.
(5) An aircraft must not take off from or land at an aerodrome in the United Kingdom in contravention of the specified aerodrome operating minima.
(6) Without prejudice to paragraphs (4) and (5), when making a descent to an aerodrome an aircraft must not descend from a height of 1,000 feet or more above the aerodrome to a height of less than 1,000 feet above the aerodrome if the relevant runway visual range at the aerodrome is at the time less than the specified minimum for landing.
(7) Without prejudice to paragraphs (4) and (5), when making a descent to an aerodrome an aircraft must not—
(a)continue an approach to landing at any aerodrome by flying below the relevant specified decision height; or
(b)descend below the relevant specified minimum descent height,
unless, in either case, the specified visual reference for landing is established and maintained from such height.
(8) In this article, “specified” means specified by the operator in the aerodrome operating minima made available to the flight crew under paragraph (2).
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