Air Navigation (Second Amendment) Order 1987
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1987/2062 |
| Year | 1987 |
1987 No. 2062
CIVIL AVIATION
The Air Navigation (Second Amendment) Order 1987
Made 26th November 1987
Laid before Parliament 11th December 1987
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 26th day of November 1987
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by sections 60 (other than sub-section (3)(r)), 61 and 102 of the Civil Aviation Act 19821and 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 (Second Amendment) Order 1987 and shall come into operation for the purpose of article 2(36), (37), (38), (39), (40), (41), (42), (43), (44), (45) and (46) on 1st June 1988, for the purpose of article 2(13) and (30) on 1st July 1989, and for all other purposes on 1st January 1988.
Amendment of the Air Navigation Order 1985
2. The Air Navigation Order 19852shall be amended as follows:
(1) For article 18(3) there shall be substituted the following–
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3 (a) A flying machine registered in the United Kingdom and flying for the purpose of public transport having a maximum total weight authorised exceeding 5700 kg. shall carry not less than two pilots as members of the flight crew thereof.
(b) On and after 1st January 1990, an aeroplane registered in the United Kingdom and flying for the purpose of public transport in circumstances where the aircraft commander is required to comply with Instrument Flight Rules and having a maximum total weight authorised of 5700 kg. or less and powered by:–
(i) one or more turbine jets;
(ii) one or more turbine propeller engines and provided with a means of pressurising the personnel compartments;
(iii) two or more turbine propeller engines and certificated to carry more than nine passengers;
(iv) two or more turbine propeller engines and certificated to carry fewer than ten passengers; being an aeroplane which is neither provided with a means of pressurising the personnel compartments nor equipped with an auto-pilot approved by the Authority for the purposes of this article; or
(v) two or more piston engines and not equipped with an auto-pilot approved by the Authority for the purposes of this article;
shall carry not less than two pilots as members of the flight crew thereof:
Provided that an aeroplane powered by two or more turbine propeller engines and certificated to carry fewer than ten passengers or an aeroplane powered by two or more piston engines and equipped with an appropriate autopilot shall not be required to carry two pilots notwithstanding that before take-off the approved auto-pilot is found to be unserviceable if the aeroplane flies in accordance with arrangements approved by the Authority.
(2) For article 18(7) there shall be substituted the following–
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7 (a) This paragraph applies to any flight for the purpose of public transport by an aircraft registered in the United Kingdom:–
(i) on which is carried twenty or more passengers; or
(ii) which may in accordance with its certificate of airworthiness carry more than thirty-five passengers and on which at least one passenger is carried.
(b) The crew of an aircraft on a flight to which this paragraph applies shall include cabin attendants carried for the purposes of performing in the interests of the safety of passengers, duties to be assigned by the operator or the commander of the aircraft but who shall not act as members of the flight crew.
(c) On a flight to which this paragraph applies, there shall be carried not less than one cabin attendant for every fifty, or fraction of fifty passenger seats installed in the aircraft:
Provided that the number of cabin attendants calculated in accordance with this sub-paragraph need not be carried where the Authority has granted written permission to the operator to carry a lesser number on that flight and the operator carries the number specified in that permission and complies with any other terms and conditions subject to which such permission is granted.
8 If it appears to it to be expedient to do so in the interests of safety, the Authority may direct any particular operator of any aircraft registered in the United Kingdom that the aircraft operated by him or any such aircraft shall not fly in such circumstances as the Authority may specify unless those aircraft carry in addition to the cabin attendants required to be carried therein by the foregoing provisions of this article such additional persons as cabin attendants as it may specify in the direction.
(3) In article 20(1)(a), after the words “shall furnish such evidence and undergo such examinations and tests (including in particular medical examinations)” there shall be inserted the following–
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and undertake such courses of training.
(4) For article 30(1) there shall be substituted the following–
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30.—(1) (a)
30.—(1) (a) The operator of every aircraft to which article 25 of this Order applies shall establish and include in the operations manual relating to the aircraft such particulars of such aerodrome operating minima as are appropriate to every aerodrome of intended departure or landing and every alternate aerodrome:
Provided that in relation to any flight wherein it is not practicable to include such information in the operations manual the operator of the said aircraft shall, prior to the commencement of the flight, cause to be furnished, in writing, to the commander of the aircraft such particulars of the aerodrome operating minima as are appropriate to every aerodrome of intended departure or landing and every alternate aerodrome and calculated in accordance with the specified method; and the operator shall cause a copy of the said particulars to be retained outside the aircraft for a minimum period of three months.
(b)
(b) The operator of every such aircraft shall include in the operations manual relating to that aircraft such data and instructions as will enable the commander of the aircraft to calculate such aerodrome operating minima as are appropriate to aerodromes the use of which could not reasonably have been foreseen by the operator prior to the commencement of the flight.
(5) In article 30(3)(e) there shall be substituted for the words “and shall establish in relation to each runway which may be selected for use aerodrome operating minima appropriate to each set of circumstances which can reasonably be expected” the words “and shall establish in relation to each runway which may be selected for use such aerodrome operating minima as are appropriate to each set of circumstances which can reasonably be expected”.
(6) In article 30(4)(b) for the words “to commence or continue an approach to landing” there shall be substituted the words “to land”.
(7) For article 30(5) there shall be substituted the following–
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An aircraft to which article 25 of this Order applies when making a descent to an aerodrome shall not:–
(a)
(a) descend below 1000 feet above the height of the aerodrome if the relevant runway visual range at the aerodrome is at the time less than the specified minimum for landing: or
(i) (b)
(i) (b) continue an approach to landing at any aerodrome by flying below the relevant specified decision height, or
(ii) descend below the relevant specified minimum descent height
unless from that height the specified visual reference for landing is established and is maintained.
(8) For article 30(7) there shall be substituted the following–
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7 In this article “specified” in relation to aerodrome operating minima means such particulars of aerodrome operating minima as have been specified by the operator in, or are ascertainable by reference to, the operations manual relating to that aircraft, or furnished in writing to the commander of the aircraft by the operator pursuant to the proviso to paragraph (1)(a) of this article.
(9) For article 31(2) there shall be substituted the following–
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2 The aircraft shall not take off or land at an aerodrome in the United Kingdom in contravention of the specified aerodrome operating minima or the specified instruction.
(10) For article 31(3) there shall be substituted the following–
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3 Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this article, a public transport aircraft registered in a country other than the United Kingdom when making a descent to an aerodrome shall not:–
(a) descend below 1000 feet above the height of an aerodrome if the relevant runway visual range at the aerodrome is at the time less than the specified minimum for landing; or
(i) (b) continue an approach to landing at any aerodrome by flying below the relevant specified decision height, or
(ii) descend below the relevant specified minimum descent heightunless from that height the specified visual reference for landing is established and is maintained.
(11) For article 31(4) there shall be substituted the following–
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4 In this article “specified” in relation to an aircraft means specified by the operator in, or ascertainable by reference to, the particulars furnished by the operator to the Authority pursuant to paragraph (1) of this article.
(12) After article 33 there shall be added the following–
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Wearing of survival suits by crew
33A. Each member of the crew of an aircraft registered in the United Kingdom shall wear a survival suit if such a suit is required by article 13 of this Order to be carried.
(13) For article 34(2)(e)(i) there shall be substituted the following–
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(i)
(i) take all reasonable steps to ensure that all passengers of two years of age or more are properly secured in their seats by safety belts or safety harnesses and that all passengers under the age of two years are properly secured by means of a child restraint device...
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