Air Navigation (101 — Unmanned Aircraft Operations) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2022

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 14 Dec 2022

No. S 956

Air Navigation Act 1966

Air Navigation
(101 — Unmanned Aircraft Operations)
(Amendment No. 2) 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.—(1) These Regulations are the Air Navigation (101 — Unmanned Aircraft Operations) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2022 and, except for regulation 3, come into operation on 23 December 2022.

(2) Regulation 3 is deemed to have come into operation on 31 December 2021.

Amendment of Second Schedule

2. In the Second Schedule to the Air Navigation (101 — Unmanned Aircraft Operations) Regulations 2019 (G.N. No. S 833/2019) —

(a)

in paragraph 1, replace sub‑paragraphs (a) and (b) with —

“(a)

for an application made on or after 23 December 2022 but before 15 January 2024 —

(i)	for the first type of unmanned aircraft

—

$650

(ii)	for each additional type of unmanned aircraft specified in the application

—

$450

(b)

for an application made on or after 1 January 2024 —

(i)	for the first type of unmanned aircraft

—

$700

(ii)	for each additional type of unmanned aircraft specified in the application

—

$500”;

(b)

replace paragraph 2 with —

“2.

The following fees must be paid for an application to renew a UA operator permit, except that the fee in paragraph 3 must be paid in addition if the application is also an application to vary the UA operator permit:

(a)	for an application made on or after 23 December 2022 but before 15 January 2024

—

$250

(b)	for an application made on or after 15 January 2024

—

$300”;

(c)

replace paragraph 3 with —

“3.

The following fees must be paid for an application to vary a UA operator permit because of an addition or substitution of any type of unmanned aircraft specified in the permit:

(a)	for an application made on or after 23 December 2022 but before 15 January 2024, for each type of unmanned aircraft added or substituted

—

$450

(b)	for an application made on or after 15 January 2024, for each type of unmanned aircraft added or substituted

—

$500”;

(d)

in paragraph 4, replace sub‑paragraphs (a) and (b) with —

“(a)

for an application made on or after 23 December 2022 but before 15 January 2024 —

(i)	for the first application

—

$90

(ii)	for any subsequent application without any change in the unmanned aircraft or type of unmanned aircraft or place of operation of that aircraft

—

$35

(b)

for an application made on or after 15 January 2024 —

(i)	for the first application

—

$120

(ii)	for any subsequent application without any change in the unmanned aircraft or type of unmanned aircraft or place of operation of that aircraft

—

$45”;

(e)

in paragraph 5, replace sub‑paragraphs (a) and (b) with —

“(a)

for an application made on or after 23 December 2022 but before 15 January 2024 —

(i)	for the first application

—

$85

(ii)	for any subsequent application without any change in the unmanned aircraft or type of unmanned aircraft or place of operation of that aircraft

—

$28

(b)

for an application made on or after 15 January 2024 —

(i)	for the first application

—

$110

(ii)	for any subsequent application without any change in the unmanned aircraft or type of unmanned aircraft or place of operation of that aircraft

—

$36”;

(f)

replace paragraph 15 with —

“15.

The following fees must be paid for an application to register a registrable unmanned aircraft:

(a)	for an application made on or after 23 December 2022 but before 15 January 2024

—

$20

(b)	for an application made on or after 15 January 2024

—

$25”; and

(g)

delete paragraph 16 (including the paragraph heading).

Miscellaneous amendments

3. In the Air Navigation (101 — Unmanned Aircraft Operations) Regulations 2019 —

(a)

in the following regulations, replace “section 4(3)” with “section 14(3)”:

Regulation 10(1)

Regulation 20(2)

Regulation 25(2)

Regulation 35(3);

(b)

in the following regulations, replace “section 4A(2)(a)” with “section 15(2)(a)”:

Regulation 12(2)

Regulation 16(2); and

(c)

in the First Schedule, in the definition of “education purpose”, replace “section 72 of the Private Education Act (Cap. 247A)” with “section 45 of the Private Education Act 2009”.

[G.N. Nos. S 371/2020; S 865/2021; S 148/2022]

Made on 7 December 2022.

EDMUND CHENG WAI WING

Chairperson,
Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore.

[LE/LGN/A1.8; AG/LEGIS/SL/6/2020/15 Vol. 1]

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

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