Air Navigation (91 — General Operating Rules) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 03 Nov 2021

No. S 836

Air Navigation Act

(CHAPTER 6)

Air Navigation
(91 — General Operating Rules)
(Amendment) Regulations 2021

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 2021 and come into operation on 4 November 2021.

New regulation 48A

2. The Air Navigation (91 — General Operating Rules) Regulations 2018 (G.N. No. S 441/2018) are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 48, the following regulation:

“Reporting of unsatisfactory runway braking action

48A.—(1) The pilot‑in‑command of an aeroplane operated by a holder of an air operator certificate granted under the Air Navigation (119 — Air Operator Certification) Regulations 2018 must, as soon as possible after encountering an unsatisfactory runway braking action while landing the aircraft at an aerodrome, make a report to the air traffic control unit at that aerodrome.

(2) The report made under paragraph (1) must —

(a)	be made in the form and manner that the Director‑General of Civil Aviation requires; and
(b)	contain any information regarding the runway surface conditions encountered at the aerodrome by the pilot‑in‑command that the Director‑General of Civil Aviation requires.

(3) In paragraph (1), “unsatisfactory runway braking action” means a braking action that is worse than anticipated by the pilot‑in‑command, based on the information available to the pilot‑in‑command regarding the runway surface conditions at the aerodrome of intended landing.”.

Amendment of regulation 61

3. Regulation 61 of the Air Navigation (91 — General Operating Rules) Regulations 2018 is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (3), the following paragraph:

“(4) The pilot‑in‑command of —

(a)

an aeroplane operated by a holder of an air operator certificate granted under the Air Navigation (119 — Air Operator Certification) Regulations 2018; or

(b)

a Singapore registered aircraft that —

(i)	has an MCTOM exceeding 5,700 kg; or
(ii)	is equipped with at least one turbine engine,

must not continue an approach to landing unless the pilot‑in‑command is satisfied that the aircraft can make a safe landing, taking into account —

(c)	the performance of the aircraft; and
(d)	the information available to the pilot‑in‑command regarding the runway surface conditions at the aerodrome of intended landing.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 677/2018; S 768/2018; S 179/2019; S 209/2020; S 390/2020; S 937/2020]

Made on 19 October 2021.

EDMUND CHENG WAI WING

Chairman,
Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore.

[LE/LGN/A1.8; AG/LEGIS/SL/6/2020/1 Vol. 2]

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

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