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13.—(1) An aircraft landing or on its final approach to land has the right-of-way over other aircraft in flight or on the ground or water.
(2) An aircraft must not cut in front of another aircraft on its final approach to land or overtake that aircraft.
(3) If an air traffic control unit has communicated to any aircraft an order of priority for landing, the aircraft must approach to land in that order.
(4) If the pilot-in-command of an aircraft is aware that another aircraft is making an emergency landing, that pilot must give way to that aircraft.
(5) If the pilot-in-command gives way in the circumstances referred to in paragraph (4) at night then, even if permission to land has previously been given, that pilot must not attempt to land until given further permission to do so.
(6) Subject to paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), if two or more flying machines, gliders or airships are approaching any place for the purpose of landing, the aircraft at the lower altitude has the right-of-way.
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