Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2016

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 29 Apr 2016

No. S 181

Air Navigation Act

(CHAPTER 6)

Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2016

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 2016 and comes into operation on 1 May 2016.

New paragraph 7A

2. The Air Navigation Order (O 2) (called in this Order the principal Order) is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph 7, the following paragraph:

“Export Certificate of Airworthiness

7A.—(1) Where a Singapore registered aircraft is to be registered in another State (called in this paragraph the prospective State of Registry), the Chief Executive may issue an Export Certificate of Airworthiness in respect of the aircraft if —

(a)	that prospective State of Registry requires an Export Certificate of Airworthiness to register the aircraft; and
(b)	the aircraft meets the requirements under paragraph 7(1) for a Certificate of Airworthiness.

(2) An Export Certificate of Airworthiness for an aircraft is not a Certificate of Airworthiness for the purpose of this Order and does not authorise the operation of the aircraft.

(3) An Export Certificate of Airworthiness for an aircraft ceases to have effect when the aircraft is registered in the prospective State of Registry.”.

Amendment of paragraph 8A

3. Paragraph 8A of the principal Order is amended —

(a)

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

“(1) A person must not engage in the maintenance of —

(a)	a Singapore registered aircraft; or
(b)	an aircraft component fitted or to be fitted to a Singapore registered aircraft,

unless the person has a certificate or other form of written approval from the Chief Executive authorising the person to do so.”;

(b)

by deleting sub-paragraph (3);

(c)

by deleting the words “Singapore aircraft” wherever they appear in sub‑paragraphs (5) and (6) and substituting in each case the words “Singapore registered aircraft”; and

(d)

by deleting the paragraph heading and substituting the following paragraph heading:

“Certificate or other approval for maintenance of Singapore registered aircraft or aircraft components”.

Amendment of paragraph 67

4. Paragraph 67 of the principal Order is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (6), the following sub‑paragraph:

“(6A) After affording the aerodrome operator concerned reasonable notice, the Chief Executive may delete, or vary and substitute, a condition of an aerodrome certificate, or add a condition to an aerodrome certificate in relation to —

(a)	the boundaries of the aerodrome named in the certificate, and the position of its taxiways, runways and other physical characteristics and infrastructure of the aerodrome;
(b)	the category of operations of the aerodrome; or
(c)	any other matter made necessary by significant changes in the physical infrastructure or operations of the aerodrome.”;

(b)

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

“(7) If the Chief Executive grants or renews an aerodrome certificate subject to any condition, or modifies the conditions of an aerodrome certificate under sub‑paragraph (6A) —

(a)	the condition or modified condition (as the case may be) must be set out in an endorsement on the aerodrome certificate or otherwise notified to the applicant or aerodrome operator (as the case may be) in writing; and
(b)	the reasons for the condition or modified condition (as the case may be) must be provided in writing to the applicant or aerodrome operator.”; and

(c)

by deleting sub-paragraph (13).

Amendment of Twelfth Schedule

5. The Twelfth Schedule to the principal Order is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph 3, the following paragraph:

“Export Certificate of Airworthiness (Paragraph 7A).

3A. The fee for an application for an Export Certificate of Airworthiness in respect of an aircraft under paragraph 7A of the Order is $2,750.”; and

(b)

by deleting “$40” in paragraph 12(2)(h) and substituting “$115”.

[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]

Made on 25 April 2016.

LEE HSIEN YANG

Chairman,
Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore.

[CAAS/LE/LGN/A.1.7.1; MOT.CA.271.10.03.0.15; AG/LEGIS/SL/6/2015/3 Vol. 3]

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