371 Consultation about aviation noise.E+W+S
(1)A person who provides air navigation services shall consult the Mayor about the matters specified in subsection (2) below where it is reasonably practicable to do so.
(2)Those matters are—
(a)the proposed alteration by that person of any route used regularly by civil aircraft before arrival at, or after departure from, any aerodrome;
(b)the proposed addition by that person of any route to be so used;
(c)any substantial alteration proposed to be made by that person to procedures used for managing the arrival of civil aircraft at any aerodrome,
where the proposed alteration or addition will have a significant adverse effect on the noise caused by civil aircraft in Greater London.
(3)For the purposes of subsection (2) above the reference to a route used regularly by civil aircraft includes a reference to the altitude at which such aircraft regularly fly.
(4)In this section—
“aerodrome” has the meaning given by subsection (1) of section 105 of the M1Civil Aviation Act 1982;
“” shall be construed in accordance with that subsection;
“noise” includes vibration.
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