The Aviation Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Amendments to Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1976 (sailplanes)

6.—(1) Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1976 of 14 December 2018 laying down detailed rules for the operation of sailplanes as well as for the flight crew licensing for sailplanes pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 2 (definitions), at the end insert—

“(14) ‘medical declaration’ means a medical declaration made in accordance with article 163(3) of the Air Navigation Order 2016 by a pilot holding a sailplane pilot licence (SPL), which has not ceased to be valid in accordance with article 163(4) of that Order.”.

(3) In Annex 3 (Part-SFCL)—

(a) in Subpart GEN (general requirements), in point SFCL.045(a)(2), after “certificate” insert “or medical declaration, appropriate to the privileges exercised”;

(b) in Subpart SPL (sailplane pilot licence), in point SFCL.115(c), after “certificate” insert “or medical declaration”.

(1)

EUR 2018/1976 - this is a reference to the retained version of Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1976, as amended by S.I. 2019/1098 and 2020/1116. The retained version of Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1976 is online at https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/1976/contents.