The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow Prohibited Zone EGP502) Regulations 2014

Statutory Instruments

2014 No. 437

Civil Aviation

The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow Prohibited Zone EGP502) Regulations 2014

Made

26th March 2014

Coming into force

1st May 2014

The Secretary of State deems it necessary in the public interest to restrict flying in the vicinity of Glasgow by reason of the intended holding of certain Commonwealth Games’ events. The restrictions will take place there from and including 13th July to and including 6th August 2014.

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by article 161 of the Air Navigation Order 2009(1).

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow Prohibited Zone EGP502) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st May 2014.

Interpretation

2.  All times referred to in these Regulations are Co-ordinated Universal Time.

Prohibited airspace

3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), between 0800 hours on 13th July 2014 and 1800 hours on 6th August 2014 no aircraft is to fly below 6,000 feet above mean sea level within the area bounded by a circle having a radius of 6 nautical miles whose centre is at 555017N 0041343W.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to any aircraft—

(a) making an instrument approach to, or instrument departure from, Glasgow Airport while under the control of the air traffic control unit at—

(i) Glasgow Airport; or

(ii) Prestwick Air Traffic Control Centre;

(b) flying in the service of—

(i) Police Scotland;

(ii) the National Police Air Service;

(iii) the Scottish Air Ambulance Service;

(iv) the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service; or

(v) the Maritime and Coastguard Agency;

(c) flying in accordance with the permission of the Secretary of State;

(d) which is—

(i) flying in the service of Sunset and Vine Global Television Limited(2); and

(ii) operating in accordance with the conditions set out in the Schedule.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Kate Jennings

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

26th March 2014

Regulation 3(2)(d)(ii)

SCHEDULE Sunset and Vine Global Television Limited aircraft operating conditions

1.  The conditions referred to in regulation 3(2)(d)(ii) are as follows.

2.  No person may be carried in the aircraft apart from the flight crew and any camera crew or other personnel in the service of Sunset and Vine Global Television Limited, each of whom must hold an accreditation issued by or on behalf of the Organising Committee of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

3.  The aircraft must be operating from the heliport at Linthouse Road, Glasgow (555128N 0042003W) or Glasgow Airport (555219N 0042559W).

4.  Subject to paragraph 5, not less than 40 days before the aircraft flies, the operator of the aircraft must provide the Chief Constable of Police Scotland with the aircraft nationality and registration mark and the assigned International Civil Aviation Organisation 24-bit HEX code for the aircraft.

5.  If the aircraft is a replacement aircraft for an aircraft whose aircraft registration and 24-bit HEX code has been provided previously under paragraph 4, the operator of the aircraft must provide the aircraft nationality and registration mark and the assigned International Civil Aviation Organisation 24-bit HEX code for the replacement aircraft to the Chief Constable of Police Scotland at least 24 hours before its first flight.

6.  The flight programmes for all flights by the aircraft on each day while the prohibited zone is in force must be provided by the operator of the aircraft to the Glasgow Airport Air Traffic Control Watch Manager by 2100 hours on the day before the intended flights and must also be confirmed by the operator to the Glasgow Airport Air Traffic Control Watch Manager not less than 2 hours before the first flight.

7.  Any changes to the expected timings of flights in the flight programme or the timing of any additional flights must be provided to the Glasgow Airport Air Traffic Control Watch Manager by the operator of the aircraft as soon as they become known to the operator, but not less than 30 minutes prior to take-off in any event.

8.  In relation to each task to be flown, the flight programme must specify—

(a) the take-off location and the route and duration of the flight;

(b) the names of the flight crew, the camera crew and any other passengers; and

(c) the aircraft nationality and registration mark.

9.  The aircraft must transpond and maintain the 4-digit transponder code assigned for the aircraft.

10.  The pre-agreed duress call must be used by the aircraft if it is subject to unlawful interference.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

During July and August 2014 Glasgow and the surrounding area will be the venue for certain Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games’ events. For security and public safety reasons, the Chief Constable of Police Scotland has requested the Secretary of State to make Restriction of Flying Regulations for the airspace above Glasgow. This request has been endorsed by the Safety and Airspace Regulation Group of the Civil Aviation Authority.

These Regulations establish a prohibited zone in the specified airspace that generally covers the Commonwealth Games’ venues. That prohibited zone applies from 0900 hours British Summer Time on 13th July 2014 to 1900 hours British Summer Time on 6th August 2014.

Full details of the restricted airspace will be promulgated by Aeronautical Information Circular and Notice To Airmen.

Further enquiries of the Safety and Airspace Regulation Group of the Civil Aviation Authority can be made to Mr R E J Gratton, Principal Airspace Regulator, Tel: [phone].

(1)

S.I. 2009/3015. This Order has been amended but those amendments are not relevant to these Regulations.

(2)

Sunset and Vine Global Television Limited is registered with Companies House as Sunset + Vine Global Television Host Broadcaster Limited, registration number 07717275.