Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2019

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 28 Mar 2019

No. S 178

Air Navigation Act

(CHAPTER 6)

Air Navigation
(Amendment) Order 2019

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

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2019 and comes into operation on 31 March 2019.

Amendment of paragraph 20

2. Paragraph 20 of the Air Navigation Order (O 2) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “A holder of a licence, other than a flight radiotelephony operator’s licence,” in sub‑paragraph (7) and substituting the words “Subject to sub‑paragraphs (7A) and (7B), a holder of a licence”;

(b)

by deleting sub‑paragraphs (d) and (e) of sub‑paragraph (7) and substituting the following sub‑paragraphs:

“(d)	is prescribed any medication upon being diagnosed with, or any new medication while receiving or undergoing treatment for, any long‑term or chronic disease or condition;
(e)	has received any medical treatment provided by a hospital, or a person who is qualified and licensed to practise as a specialist in any branch of medicine, in Singapore or elsewhere;
(f)	is given a notice of unfitness under regulation 5(5) of the Air Navigation (99 — Breath Testing for Alcohol) Regulations 2019 (G.N. No. S 177/2019); or
(g)	knows or has reason to believe that the holder has a problem with dependency on psychoactive substances,”;

(c)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (i) of sub‑paragraph (7) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(i)

inform the Chief Executive in writing —

(A)	as soon as possible, in the case of any matter in sub‑paragraph (a), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g); or
(B)	as soon as possible after a period of 20 days has elapsed, in the case of any illness in sub‑paragraph (b); and”; and

(d)

by deleting sub‑paragraphs (8) and (9) and substituting the following sub‑paragraphs:

“(7A) Sub-paragraph (7) does not apply to the holder of a flight radiotelephony operator’s licence.

(7B) Sub-paragraph (7)(f) and (g) does not apply to the holder of a flight navigator’s licence or flight engineer’s licence.

(8) Subject to sub-paragraph (8B), the privileges of a licence and related ratings granted under this Part are deemed to be suspended —

(a)	upon the occurrence of any event in sub‑paragraph (7)(a), (d), (e) or (f); or
(b)	at the end of a period of 20 days, where the holder of the licence suffers from any illness in sub‑paragraph (7)(b).

(8A) The suspension under sub‑paragraph (8) ceases if the Chief Executive —

(a)	is satisfied, after the holder of the licence undergoes such medical examination as the Chief Executive may require, that the holder is fit to resume exercising the privileges of the holder’s licence and related ratings; or
(b)	otherwise determines that the holder may resume exercising the privileges of the holder’s licence and related ratings without undergoing a medical examination.

(8B) Sub-paragraph (8) does not apply to the privileges of a flight navigator’s licence, flight engineer’s licence or flight radiotelephony operator’s licence and related ratings.

(9) In respect of a holder of a licence mentioned in sub‑paragraph (7)(c) —

(a)	the privileges of the holder’s licence and related ratings granted under this Part are deemed to be suspended upon the pregnancy of the holder being diagnosed; and
(b)	the suspension under sub‑paragraph (a) ceases if the Chief Executive is satisfied, upon the holder undergoing such medical examination as the Chief Executive may require, that the holder is fit to resume exercising the privileges of the holder’s licence and related ratings.

(9A) In respect of a holder of a licence mentioned in sub‑paragraph (7)(g) —

(a)	the privileges of the licence and related ratings granted under this Part are deemed to be suspended upon the Chief Executive being informed by the holder under sub‑paragraph (7)(i)(A); and
(b)	the suspension under sub‑paragraph (a) ceases if the Chief Executive is satisfied, after the holder undergoes such medical examination as the Chief Executive may require, that the holder is fit to resume exercising the privileges of the holder’s licence and related ratings.”.

Amendment of paragraph 62E

3. Paragraph 62E of the Air Navigation Order is amended —

(a)

by deleting sub‑paragraphs (d) and (e) of sub‑paragraph (1) and substituting the following sub‑paragraphs:

“(d)	is prescribed any medication upon being diagnosed with, or any new medication while receiving or undergoing treatment for, any long‑term or chronic disease or condition; or
(e)	has received any medical treatment provided by a hospital, or a person who is qualified and licensed to practise as a specialist in any branch of medicine, in Singapore or elsewhere,”;

(b)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (i) of sub‑paragraph (1) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(i)

inform the Chief Executive in writing —

(A)	as soon as possible, in the case of any matter in sub‑paragraph (a), (c), (d), or (e); or
(B)	as soon as possible after a period of 20 days has elapsed, in the case of any illness in sub‑paragraph (b); and”; and

(c)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (2) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(2) A holder of an air traffic controller licence mentioned in sub‑paragraph (1)(a), (b), (d) or (e) must not act as an air traffic controller in accordance with the rating in his licence unless the Chief Executive —

(a)	is satisfied, after the holder undergoes such medical examination as the Chief Executive may require, that the holder is fit to resume exercising the privileges of the holder’s licence and related ratings; or
(b)	otherwise determines that the holder may resume exercising the privileges of the holder’s licence and related ratings without undergoing a medical examination.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 573/91; S 49/92; S 60/92; S 180/92; S 61/93; S 199/93; S 8/94: S 67/98; S 325/2000; S 384/2000; S 166/2002; S 56/2003; S 440/2003; S 581/2003; S 331/2005; S 781/2005; S 487/2006; S 640/2006; S 299/2009; S 278/2010; S 423/2010; S 729/2010; S 162/2011; S 570/2011; S 124/2012; S 617/2012; S 348/2013; S 21/2015; S 351/2015; S 803/2015; S 181/2016; S 475/2016; S 589/2016; S 616/2017; S 683/2018]

Made on 28 March 2019.

EDMUND CHENG WAI WING

Chairman,
Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore.

[LE/LGN/A1.7; AG/LEGIS/SL/6/2015/3 Vol. 7]

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