Dropping of persons and articles
55.—(1)  A relevant operator must ensure that no article, animal or person, whether or not attached to a parachute, is dropped or permitted to drop to the surface from an aircraft flying in Singapore unless —
(a)the Certificate of Airworthiness issued or rendered valid in respect of the aircraft under the law of its State of Registry includes an express provision that the aircraft may be used for that purpose; and
(b)the operation —
(i)is carried out in accordance with an approval granted under the Air Navigation (137 — Aerial Work) Regulations 2018; or
(ii)where sub‑paragraph (i) does not apply, is carried out for such purpose as the Director‑General of Civil Aviation may approve, subject to any condition that may be imposed on the approval.
[S 677/2018 wef 09/10/2018]
(2)  Paragraph (1) does not apply to —
(a)the descent of persons by parachute from an aircraft in an emergency; or
(b)the dropping of articles by or with the authority of the pilot‑in‑command of the aircraft under the following circumstances:
(i)the dropping of articles for the purpose of saving life;
(ii)the jettisoning of fuel or other articles in the aircraft, in the case of an emergency;
(iii)the dropping of ballast in the form of fine sand or water;
(iv)the dropping of ropes, banners or similar articles towed by an aircraft at an aerodrome in accordance with the Rules of the Air.
(3)  In this regulation, “dropping” includes projecting and lowering.