Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 1977
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1977/1255 |
| Year | 1977 |
1977 No. 1255
CIVIL AVIATION
The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 197726thJuly 1977
3rdAugust 1977
for the purposes of Article 3(15)for the purposes of Article 3(15)30thDecember 1977for all other purposes24thAugust 1977
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 26th day of July 1977
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 8 and 57 of the Civil Aviation Act 1949(a) as amended by section 62(1) of the Civil Aviation Act 1971(b) and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 1977 and shall come into operation for the purposes of Article 3(15) on 30th December 1977 and for all other purposes on 24th August 1977.
Interpretation
2. The Interpretation Act 1889(c) shall apply for the purpose of the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the purpose of the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
Amendment of the Air Navigation Order 1976
3. The Air Navigation Order 1976(d) shall be amended as follows:
(1) In Article 2(2) in sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), a comma shall be inserted after the word "authority" wherever it appears;
(2) In Article 2(2) in sub-paragraph (c) after the word "direction" there shall be inserted the word "order";
(a) 1949 c. 67.
(b) 1971 c. 75.
(c) 1889 c. 63.
(d) S.I. 1976/1783 (1976 III, p. 4769).
(3) In Article 11(6), after the words "the log book", there shall be inserted "relating to the same part of the aircraft or to the same equipment or apparatus";
(4) In Article 13(6), for the words "equipment of services", there shall be substituted "equipment or services";
(5) In Article 18(6), after the words "any particular operator" there shall be inserted "of any aircraft registered in the United Kingdom";
(6) In Article 19 in sub-paragraph (b)(ii) of the proviso to paragraph (1), for the words "he is fit to so act", there shall be substituted "he is fit so to act";
(7) In Article 19 in sub-paragraph (b)(v) of the proviso to paragraph (1) after "instruction in flying" there shall be inserted "or the conducting of flying tests";
(8) In Article 19(3), after "United Kingdom" there shall be inserted "or under the law of a relevant overseas territory";
(9) In Article 19(8) in sub-paragraph (b) for the words "owned and operated" there shall be substituted the words "owned or operated";
(10) In Article 20(8)(b), for the last sentence there shall be substituted—
"The medical certificate shall be deemed to be suspended upon the occurrence of such injury or the elapse of such period of illness or the confirmation of the pregnancy, and
(aa) in the case of injury or illness the suspension shall cease upon the holder being medically examined under arrangements made by the Authority and pronounced fit to resume his functions as a member of the flight crew or upon the Authority exempting, subject to such conditions as it thinks fit, the holder from the requirement of a medical examination; and
(bb) in the case of pregnancy, the suspension may be lifted by the Authority for such period and subject to such conditions as it thinks fit and shall cease upon the holder being medically examined under arrangements made by the Authority after the pregnancy has ended and pronounced fit to resume her functions as a member of the flight crew."
(11) In Article 23(2) after the words "a flying machine", there shall be inserted "or glider";
(12) In Article 28—
(a) at the end of the proviso to paragraph (2) there shall be added—
"(c) the aircraft is a helicopter the maximum total weight authorised of which does not exceed 3000 kg, and the total seating capacity of which does not exceed five persons."
(b) at the end of paragraph (5) there shall be added—
"Provided that in the case of a helicopter, if in all the circumstances it is not reasonably practicable for the copies of the load sheet and instructions to be kept elsewhere than in the helicopter, they may be carried in the helicopter in a box approved by the Authority for that purpose.";
(13) In Article 29, at the end of paragraph (4) there shall be added—
"(5) Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this Article a helicopter, in respect of which there is in force under this Order a certificate of airworthiness designating the helicopter as being of performance Group B shall not fly over water for the purpose of public transport—
(a) so as to be more than 20 seconds flying time from a point from which it can make an autorotative descent to land suitable for an emergency landing unless it is equipped with apparatus approved by the Authority enabling it to land safely on water but shall not so fly on any flight for more than three minutes except with the...
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