2022 No. 1289

Civil Aviation

The Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

Made

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by article 97(1) of the Air Navigation Order 20161, makes the following Regulations.

Citation and commencement1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 1st January 2023.

2

These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

Amendment of Regulations2

The Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations 20022 are amended by substituting for the definition of “Technical Instructions” in regulation 3(1)—

  • “Technical Instructions” means the 2023-2024 English language edition of the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air3, approved and published by decision of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation;

Revocation3

Regulation 2(2)(a) of the Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) (Amendment) Regulations 20214 is revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

VereParliamentary Under Secretary of StateDepartment for Transport
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2786).

The definition of “Technical Instructions” is replaced by a definition referring to the 2023-2024 English language edition of the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air, approved and published by decision of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (“ICAO”).

Regulation 2(2)(a) of the Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/742), which applied the previous version of the Technical Instructions, is revoked.

An Impact Assessment has not been produced for this instrument as there is no material effect on business, charities, or the voluntary sector. A copy of these Regulations are available at www.legislation.gov.uk

The Technical Instructions (ISBN 978-92-9265-688-1) can be purchased from: