Air Navigation (135 — Commercial Air Transport by Helicopters and Small Aeroplanes) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2024

No. S 913

Air Navigation Act 1966

Air Navigation
(135 — Commercial Air Transport
by Helicopters and Small Aeroplanes)
(Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2024

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 (135 — Commercial Air Transport by Helicopters and Small Aeroplanes) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2024 and come into operation on 28 November 2024.

Amendment of regulation 7

2. In the Air Navigation (135 — Commercial Air Transport by Helicopters and Small Aeroplanes) Regulations 2018 (G.N. No. S 445/2018) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations), in regulation 7(c), replace “ATS” with “filed”.

Amendment of regulation 23

3. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 23(2)(a), replace sub‑paragraphs (ii) and (iii) with —

“(ii)	preparing the operational flight plan;
(iii)	preparing the flight plan to be filed;
(iv)	when applicable, preparing a preliminary flight plan; and
(v)	submitting the preliminary flight plan (if any) to, and filing the flight plan mentioned in sub‑paragraph (iii) with, every appropriate air traffic services unit;”.

Replacement of regulation 30

4. In the principal Regulations, replace regulation 30 with —

“Flight plan to be filed

30. Before the commencement of any flight of a relevant aircraft, the AOC holder must ensure that the flight plan to be filed for that flight is prepared and filed with every appropriate air traffic services unit.”.

Amendment of regulation 31

5. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 31, replace “ATS” wherever it appears with “filed flight plan or current”.

Amendment of regulation 41

6. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 41 —

(a)	in the regulation heading, after “alternate”, insert “aerodrome or heliport”; and
(b)	in paragraph (1), replace “and ATS flight plans, a take‑off alternate” with “flight plan, filed flight plan and preliminary flight plan (if applicable), a take‑off alternate aerodrome”.

Amendment of regulation 42

7. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 42 —

(a)	in the regulation heading, after “alternate”, insert “aerodrome or heliport”;
(b)	in paragraphs (1), (3), (4) and (6), replace “and ATS flight plans,” with “flight plan, filed flight plan and preliminary flight plan (if applicable),”;
(c)	in paragraph (7)(a) and (b), after “destination alternate”, insert “heliport”; and
(d)	in paragraph (7)(a), after “minima for”, insert “the”.

Amendment of regulation 43

8. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 43 —

(a)	in the regulation heading, replace “— alternate” with “alternate heliport”;
(b)	in paragraph (1), replace “and ATS flight plans,” with “flight plan, filed flight plan and preliminary flight plan (if applicable),”;
(c)	in paragraph (4)(a), (b) and (c), after “offshore”, insert “destination”; and
(d)	in paragraph (4)(e), replace “offshore alternate” with “offshore destination alternate”.

Amendment of regulation 177

9. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 177(1)(r), replace “ATS” with “filed”.

Amendment of First Schedule

10. In the principal Regulations, in the First Schedule —

(a)

after the definition of “Aerodrome elevation”, insert —

“ “Air traffic control clearance” means authorisation for an aircraft to proceed under conditions specified by an air traffic control unit.”;

(b)

after the definition of “Cosmic radiation”, insert —

“ “Current flight plan” means the flight plan that reflects changes (if any) to the filed flight plan brought about by subsequent air traffic control clearances.”; and

(c)

after the definition of “Pre‑flight inspection”, insert —

“ “Preliminary flight plan” means the information related to a flight submitted by an AOC holder, or a designated representative of the AOC holder, to conduct collaborative planning of a flight prior to filing a flight plan.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 681/2018; S 771/2018; S 181/2019; S 214/2020; S 940/2020; S 838/2021; S 825/2022; S 999/2022; S 422/2024; S 622/2024]

Made on 25 November 2024.

EDMUND CHENG WAI WING

Chairperson,
Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore.

[LE/LGN/A1.8; AG/LEGIS/SL/6/2020/3]

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

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