Air Navigation (121 — Commercial Air Transport by Large Aeroplanes) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 12 Aug 2022

No. S 674

Air Navigation Act 1966

Air Navigation
(121 — Commercial Air
Transport by Large Aeroplanes)
(Amendment) Regulations 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 of the Air Navigation Act 1966, 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 (121 — Commercial Air Transport by Large Aeroplanes) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 and come into operation on 15 August 2022.

Amendment of regulation 178

2. In regulation 178(5) of the Air Navigation (121 — Commercial Air Transport by Large Aeroplanes) Regulations 2018 (G.N. No. S 444/2018) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations) —

(a)	in sub‑paragraph (b), replace “abnormal circumstances” with “an unforeseen operational circumstance”; and
(b)	in sub‑paragraph (c), replace “or a crew member each time the pilot‑in‑command or crew member exercises any discretion conferred by the AOC holder” with “each time the pilot‑in‑command exercises the discretion mentioned in sub‑paragraph (b)”.

Amendment of regulation 179

3. In regulation 179(3)(g) of the principal Regulations —

(a)	replace “crew member” with “pilot‑in‑command”; and
(b)	replace “deviate from the approved flight duty or rest periods” with “extend a flight duty period under unforeseen operational circumstances by more than 2 hours”.

Amendment of Fifth Schedule

4. In the Fifth Schedule to the principal Regulations, in paragraph 13 —

(a)

replace sub‑paragraph (3) with —

“(3) An AOC holder must ensure that the pilot‑in‑command reports to the AOC holder any exercise of discretion by the pilot‑in‑command —

(a)	to extend a flight duty period under sub‑paragraph (1); or
(b)	to reduce a minimum rest period under paragraph 3(2).”; and

(b)

in the paragraph heading, after “flight duty period”, insert “or reduce minimum rest period”.

[G.N. Nos. S 679/2018; S 769/2018; S 180/2019; S 212/2020; S 938/2020; S 837/2021]

Made on 8 August 2022.

EDMUND CHENG WAI WING

Chairperson,
Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore.

[LE/LGN/A1.8; AG/LEGIS/SL/6/2020/2 Vol. 2]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 9(9) of the Air Navigation Act 1966).

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