2022 No. 183
The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Russian Aircraft) Regulations 2022
Made
Coming into force the day after they were made
The Secretary of State has decided it is necessary in the public interest to restrict flying in the area specified in regulation 2 by aircraft on scheduled services which are owned, chartered or operated by a person connected with Russia, or which are registered in Russia.
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by article 239 of the Air Navigation Order 20161.
Citation and commencementI11
These Regulations may be cited as the Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Russian Aircraft) Regulations 2022 and they come into force the day after they are made.
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1
Subject to paragraph (2), no aircraft which is—
a
owned, chartered or operated by a person connected with Russia,
b
registered in Russia, or
c
flying in accordance with a flight plan filed after 8.49 p.m. on 5th April 2022 which includes an aerodrome in Russia,
shall fly in United Kingdom airspace, including in the airspace above the United Kingdom’s territorial sea.
2
Paragraph (1) does not apply to any aircraft flying in accordance with the permission of—
a
the Secretary of State, or
b
the air traffic control unit at Swanwick or Prestwick.
3
In this regulation—
a
“a person connected with Russia” is to be construed in accordance with regulation 57O(3) of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019,
b
“operated”, in relation to an aircraft, is to be construed in accordance with article 4(1) of the Air Navigation Order 2016, and
c
“owned”, in relation to an aircraft, is to be construed in accordance with regulation 57O(2) of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.
Signed by the Secretary of State for Transport
(This note is not part of the Regulations)