2015 No. 970

Civil Aviation

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

Made

Coming into force

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by article 132(1) of the Air Navigation Order 20091.

Citation and commencement1

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

Amendment of Regulations2

The Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations 20022 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 Organisation3;

Revocation3

The Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) (Amendment) Regulations 20124 are revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Robert GoodwillParliamentary Under Secretary of StateDepartment for Transport
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. 0870 850 5051, website: http://www.labeline.com;

TSO Limited, PO Box 29, Norwich NR3 1GN, tel. 0870 600 5522, website: http://www.tsoshop.co.uk; or

Freight Merchandising Services Limited, Unit 19, Shield Road, Ashford Industrial Estate, Ashford Middlesex TW15 1AU, tel. 01784 240840, 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.