The Civil Aviation (Miscellaneous Revocations) Regulations 2014

Statutory Instruments

2014 No. 3225

Civil Aviation

European Communities

The Civil Aviation (Miscellaneous Revocations) Regulations 2014

Made

3rd December 2014

Laid before Parliament

11th December 2014

Coming into force

5th January 2015

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to measures relating to air transport.

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, makes the following Regulations.

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Aviation (Miscellaneous Revocations) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 5th January 2015.

(2) Regulation 2 extends to Northern Ireland only(3).

Revocations

2.  The following instruments are revoked—

(a) The Civil Aviation (Personnel Licences) Order 1992(4), and

(b) The Civil Aviation (Personnel Licences) Order 1992 (Amendment) Regulations 1994(5).

3.  The Procurement of Air Navigation Equipment (Technical Specifications) Regulations 1997(6) are revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Robert Goodwill

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

3rd December 2014

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke three instruments.

The Civil Aviation (Personnel Licences) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/2673) and one amending instrument (S.I. 1994/1733) ensured compliance with that much of EC Directive 91/670 (on the mutual acceptance of personnel licences for the exercise of functions in civil aviation) as concerned the application of article 5 of that Directive in Northern Ireland. This Directive was repealed by Regulation (EC) 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council dated 20th February 2008 (on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Aviation Safety Agency). The instruments revoked are therefore spent.

The Procurement of Air Navigation Equipment (Technical Specifications) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/2329) required National Air Traffic Services Limited to ensure compliance with Directive 93/65/ECC (on the definition and use of compatible technical specifications for the procurement of air traffic management equipment and systems) when purchasing relevant air traffic management equipment. This Directive was repealed in October 2005 by Regulation (EC) 552/2004 (on the interoperability of the European Air Traffic Management network), and these Regulations are now spent.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument because no impact on business or the voluntary sector is foreseen. The Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk .

(1)

S.I. 1993/2661. There are amendments to this Order which are not relevant to these Regulations.

(2)

1972 c. 68; section 2(2) is amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), section 27(1)(a) and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7), Part 1 of the Schedule.

(3)

Paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47) provides that civil aviation (but not aerodromes) is a reserved matter.

(4)

S.I. 1992/2673.

(5)

S.I. 1994/1733.

(6)

S.I. 1997/2329.