Article 8U.K.State aircraft

[F11.[F2The Secretary of State] shall ensure that, by 7 December 2020 at the latest, State aircraft comply with point (a) of Article 5(5).

2.[F3The Secretary of State] shall ensure that, by 7 December 2020 at the latest, transport-type State aircraft comply with point (c) of Article 5(5).]

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5.Air traffic service providers shall ensure that [F6: ]

[F7(a)State aircraft that cannot be equipped with secondary surveillance radar transponders that comply with the requirements set out in Part A of Annex 2, and

(b)transport-type State aircraft with a maximum certified take-off mass exceeding 5 700 kg or having a maximum cruising true airspeed capability greater than 250 knots, that cannot be equipped with secondary surveillance radar transponders that comply with the requirements set out in Part B and Part C of Annex 2,]

can be accommodated, provided that they can be safely handled within the capacity of the air traffic management system.

6.[F8The Secretary of State] shall publish the procedures for the handling of State aircraft which are not equipped in accordance with paragraphs 1 or 2 in national aeronautical information publications.

7.Air traffic service providers shall communicate on an annual basis to the [F9CAA] their plans for the handling of State aircraft which are not equipped according with paragraphs 1 or 2. Those plans shall be defined by taking into account the capacity limits associated with the procedures referred to in paragraph 6.

[F108.For State aircraft where the capability of the transponders to comply with the requirements of paragraphs 1 and 2 is temporarily inoperative, [F11the Secretary of State] shall be entitled to allow the operation of that aircraft in the [F12airspace provided for in Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 551/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council] for a maximum of 3 consecutive days.]

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