Air Navigation (91 — General Operating Rules) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 28 Mar 2019

No. S 179

Air Navigation Act

(CHAPTER 6)

Air Navigation
(91 — General Operating Rules)
(Amendment) Regulations 2019

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3A of the Air Navigation Act, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Transport, makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Air Navigation (91 — General Operating Rules) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 and come into operation on 31 March 2019.

Amendment of regulation 19

2. Regulation 19 of the Air Navigation (91 — General Operating Rules) Regulations 2018 (G.N. No. S 441/2018) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “a pilot,” in paragraph (1); and

(b)

by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(2) A person must not perform any duty or function in the capacity of a pilot if —

(a)

at any time during the person’s flight duty period —

(i)	there is more than 0.02 grams of ethanol in 210 litres of the person’s breath; or
(ii)	the person is under the influence of any psychoactive substance to such extent as to be incapable of performing that duty or function in a safe and proper manner; or

(b)

the person has, at any time in the period of 8 hours before the start of the person’s flight duty period, consumed —

(i)	any food or drink or other substance that contains any form of ethanol; or
(ii)	any psychoactive substance.

(3) A person who fails to comply with paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

(a)	for a first offence, to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both; and
(b)	for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to both.”.

Amendment of First Schedule

3. The First Schedule to the Air Navigation (91 — General Operating Rules) Regulations 2018 is amended by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Flight dispatcher” or “flight operations officer”, the following definition:

“ “Flight duty period” means a period which commences when a flight or cabin crew member is required to report for any duty that includes a flight or series of flights and which finishes when the aircraft finally comes to rest and the engines are shut down at the end of the last flight on which he or she is a crew member.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 677/2018; S 768/2018]

Made on 28 March 2019.

EDMUND CHENG WAI WING

Chairman,
Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore.

[LE/LGN/A1.8; AG/LEGIS/SL/6/2015/18 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 3A(8) of the Air Navigation Act).

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