The Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 970

Civil Aviation

The Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Made

26th March 2015

Coming into force

30th June 2015

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by article 132(1) of the Air Navigation Order 2009(1).

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 30th June 2015.

Amendment of Regulations

2.  The Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations 2002(2) are amended by substituting for the definition of “Technical Instructions” in regulation 3(1)—

“‘Technical Instructions’ means the 2015–2016 English language edition of the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air, as amended by Corrigendum No. 1 dated 20th November 2014, approved and published by decision of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation(3);”.

Revocation

3.  The Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) (Amendment) Regulations 2012(4) are revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Robert Goodwill

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

26th March 2015

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations 2002. The definition of “Technical Instructions” is replaced by a definition referring to the 2015-2016 English language edition of the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods, as amended by Corrigendum No. 1 dated 20th November 2014, approved and published by decision of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation.

The Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 are revoked.

An Impact Assessment has been produced in respect of these Regulations and will be published on www.legislation.gov.uk.

The Technical Instructions (ISBN 978-92-9249-582-4) can be purchased from—

Labeline, Midas House, Chivenor Business Park, Barnstaple, Devon EX31 4AY, tel. [phone], website: http://www.labeline.com;

TSO Limited, PO Box 29, Norwich NR3 1GN, tel. [phone], website: http://www.tsoshop.co.uk; or

Freight Merchandising Services Limited, Unit 19, Shield Road, Ashford Industrial Estate, Ashford Middlesex TW15 1AU, tel. [phone], website: http://www.fmslondon.co.uk.

The Corrigendum is available on the ICAO website at:

http://www.icao.int/safety/DangerousGoods/Pages/technical-instructions.aspx.

(1)

S.I. 2009/3015, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(2)

S.I. 2002/2786; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2012/3054.

(3)

ISBN 978-92-9249-582-4

(4)

S.I. 2012/3054.