The Air Navigation (Environmental Standards For Non-Part 21 Aircraft) Order 2008

Unburned hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen emission requirements U.K.

16.—(1) This article applies to every [F1 non-Part 21] aeroplane which is powered by one or more turbojet engines or turbofan engines referred to in paragraph (2).

(2) The engines referred to in paragraph (1) are those intended—

(a) for the propulsion of aeroplanes only at subsonic speeds, the rated output of which is greater than 26.7 kilonewtons and the date of manufacture of which was on or after 1st January 1986; and

(b) for the propulsion of aeroplanes at supersonic speeds, the date of manufacture of which was on or after 18th February 1982.

(3) Subject to article 18, an aeroplane to which this article applies must not land or take off in the United Kingdom unless every engine referred to in paragraph (2)(a) or paragraph (2)(b) which is fitted to the aeroplane is of a type which has been certified in accordance with article 17 as complying with the requirements specified in paragraph (4) relating to the emission of unburned hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen.

(4) The requirements referred to in paragraph (3) are—

(a) for turbojet engines or turbofan engines intended for propulsion of aeroplanes only at subsonic speeds, the requirements specified in Part III, Chapter 2 of Volume II of Annex 16;

(b) for turbojet engines or turbofan engines intended for propulsion of aeroplanes at supersonic speeds, the requirements specified in Part III, Chapter 3 of Volume II of Annex 16.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in arts. 14-17 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Aviation Noise (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/643), regs. 1(2), 3(15); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)