The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Wimbledon) Regulations 2020
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2020/164 |
| Year | 2020 |
2020 No. 164
CIVIL AVIATION
The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Wimbledon) Regulations 2020
Made 19thFebruary 2020
Coming into force 27thJune 2020
The Secretary of State has decided that it is in the public interest to restrict flying in the vicinity of Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton, by reason of the gathering of a large number of people at the 2020 Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships.
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) (Wimbledon) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 27th June 2020.
Interpretation
2. In regulation 3(1) the times referred to are Co-ordinated Universal Time(2).
Restricted airspace
3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), between 0500 hours and 2200 hours, on each of the seventeen days beginning on 27th June 2020 and ending on 13th July 2020, no aircraft is to fly below 1,500 feet above mean sea level within the area of a circle having a radius of 0.75 nautical miles whose centre is 512601N 0001250W.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to any aircraft—
(a) operated by or on behalf of the National Police Air Service,
(b) operated by or on behalf of the Helicopter Emergency Medical Services, or
(c) making an approach to, or departing from London Heathrow Airport whilst under the control of the London Terminal Control Centre Swanwick, or the air traffic control unit at London Heathrow Airport, or
(d) flying in accordance with the permission of the Championships Safety Officer.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
19th February 2020 |
David J Best Grade 7 Department for Transport |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations impose restrictions on flying in the vicinity of The All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon, on the occasion of the 2020 Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships which are scheduled to take place there from 27th June to 13th July 2020 (inclusive). This event will be open to the general public, and large crowds are expected to attend this event each day. The Championships Safety Officer has therefore requested that restrictions be imposed on flying in the vicinity of the Championships on public safety and security grounds. This has been agreed by the Civil Aviation Authority and the Department for Transport.
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