The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Cardiff) Regulations 2017
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Citation | SI 2017/621 |
| Year | 2017 |
2017No. 621
CIVIL AVIATION
The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Cardiff) Regulations 2017
Made26thApril2017
Coming into force1stJune2017
The Secretary of State has decided that it is necessary in the public interest to restrict flying in the vicinity of Cardiff, by reason of the intended holding of the Union of European Football Associations Champions League Final and associated events.
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by article 239 of the Air Navigation Order 2016( 1).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Cardiff) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st June 2017.
Interpretation
2. In regulation 3 the times referred to are Co-ordinated Universal Time( 2).
Restricted airspace
3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (4), between —
(a) 1000 hours and 2100 hours on 1st June 2017,
(b) 1000 hours and 2200 hours on 2nd June 2017,
(c) 1000 hours and 1759 hours on 3rd June 2017, and
(d) 1000 hours and 1700 hours on 4th June 2017,
no aircraft is to fly below 4,000 feet above mean sea level within the area described in paragraph (2).
(2) The area mentioned in paragraph (1) is bounded successively by—
(a) the clockwise arc of a circle having a radius 2.5 nautical miles, centred on 512907N 0031308W, between the points 512716N 0031552W and 513107N 0031045W,
(b) a straight line between the points 513107N 0031045W and 512930N 0030742W,
(c) the clockwise arc of a circle having a radius 2.5 nautical miles, centred on 512731N 0031005W, between the points 512930N 0030742W and 512550N 0031304W, and
(d) a straight line between the points 512550N 0031304W and 512716N 0031552W.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), between 1800 hours and 2300 hours on 3rd June 2017, no aircraft is to fly below 4,000 feet above mean sea level within the area bounded by a circle having a radius of 8 nautical miles whose centre is at 512842N 0031058W.
(4) Paragraphs (1) and (3) do not apply to any aircraft—
(a) operated by or on behalf of—
(i) the National Police Air Service,
(ii) the Helicopter Emergency Medical Services,
(iii) the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, or
(iv) the Queen's Helicopter Flight, or
(b) making an approach to, or departure from, Cardiff Airport whilst under the control of the air traffic control unit at Cardiff Airport,
(c) making an approach to, or departure from, MoD St Athan whilst under the control of the air traffic control unit...
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