The Air Navigation (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2008
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2008/1487 |
2008 No. 1487
Civil Aviation
The Air Navigation (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2008
Made 11th June 2008
Coming into force 1st July 2008
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of June 2008
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by sections 60 and 61 of the Civil Aviation Act 19821, as extended by the Civil Aviation (Isle of Man) Order 20072, is pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to order as follows:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Air Navigation (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 1st July 2008.
Amendment of the Air Navigation (Isle of Man) Order 2007
2. The Air Navigation (Isle of Man) Order 20073shall be amended as follows.
Requirements for non-public transport flights
3.—(1) After article 25(6) insert —
“6A A flight to be conducted in accordance with the Instrument Flight Rules to an aerodrome when no suitable alternate aerodrome is available shall not be commenced unless —
(a) a designated instrument approach procedure is available for the aerodrome of intended landing; and
(b) available current meteorological information indicates that visual meteorological conditions will exist at the aerodrome of intended landing from two hours before to two hours after the estimated time of arrival.
6B A flight shall not be continued towards the aerodrome of intended landing unless the latest available information indicates that conditions at that aerodrome, or at at least one alternate aerodrome, will, at the estimated time of arrival, be at or above the specified aerodrome operating minima.”.
(2) After article 25(8) add —
“8A In this article “designated” in relation to an instrument approach procedure means notified, prescribed or otherwise designated by the relevant competent authority.”.
(3) After article 26(3) add —
“4 An operator shall not permit a helicopter rotor to be turned under power for the purpose of making a flight unless there is a person at the controls entitled in accordance with article 21 of this Order to act as pilot-in-command of the helicopter.”.
(4) In article 27 omit “registered in the Isle of Man”.
(5) After article 27 add —
“Survival equipment
27A.—(1) This article shall apply to any aircraft registered in the Isle of Man.
(2) The commander of an aircraft to which this article applies shall reasonably satisfy himself before take-off that the aircraft carries such additional equipment as the commander reasonably considers necessary for the purpose of facilitating the survival of the persons carried in the aircraft.
(3) In satisfying himself as required by paragraph (2) the commander shall have regard to the circumstances of the intended flight, including in particular the likelihood of ditching and the availability of search and rescue facilities.”.
(6) After article 28 add —
“Additional duties of commander
28A.—(1) This article shall apply to any aircraft registered in the Isle of Man.
(2) In relation to every flight to which this article applies the commander of the aircraft shall, except in a case where a pressure greater than 700 hectopascals is maintained in all passenger and crew compartments throughout the flight, take all reasonable steps to ensure that —
(a)
(a) before the aircraft reaches flight level 130 the method of use of the oxygen provided in the aircraft in compliance with the requirements of article 14 of and Schedule 3 to this Order is demonstrated to all passengers;
(b)
(b) when flying above flight level 130 all passengers are recommended to use oxygen;
(c)
(c) during any period when the aircraft is flying above flight level 100 up to and including flight level 130 oxygen is used by all the flight crew of the aircraft for that part of the flight at those altitudes that is of more than 30 minutes duration; and
(d)
(d) during any period when the aircraft is flying above flight level 130 oxygen is used by all the flight crew of the aircraft.”.
(7) After article 37 add —
“Marking of break-in areas
37A.—(1) This article shall apply to all aircraft registered in the Isle of Man.
(2) An operator shall ensure that, if areas of the fuselage suitable for break-in by rescue crews in emergency are marked on an aircraft to which this article applies, such areas shall be marked upon the exterior surface of the fuselage with markings to show the areas (in this article referred to as ‘break-in areas’) which can, for the purposes of rescue in an emergency, be most readily and effectively broken into by persons outside the aircraft.
(3) (a)
(3) (a) The break-in areas shall be marked by right angled corner markings, each arm of which shall be 9 cm in length along its outer edge and 3 cm in width.
(b)
(b) If the corner markings are more than 2 metres apart...
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