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No. S 441

Air Navigation Act

(CHAPTER 6)

Air Navigation
(91 — General Operating Rules)
Regulations 2018

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:

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Air Navigation (91 — General Operating Rules) Regulations 2018 and come into operation on 1 October 2018.

Definitions

2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any term defined in the First Schedule has the meaning given to that term in that Schedule.

(2) In these Regulations, “aircraft” does not include —

(a)	a balloon or free flight aerial object which, at any stage of its flight, is not more than 2 m in any linear dimension (after including any object attached to the balloon or free flight aerial object);
(b)	a kite not exceeding 2 kg in weight;
(c)	a parasail; or
(d)	an unmanned aircraft and unmanned aircraft system.

(3) In these Regulations —

“relevant aircraft” means —

(a)	any aircraft operated by a Singapore operator;
(b)	any Singapore registered aircraft operated by a person other than a Singapore operator; or
(c)	any foreign registered aircraft in Singapore that is operated by a person other than a Singapore operator;

“relevant operator” means —

(a)

any Singapore operator; or

(b)

any person other than a Singapore operator who is operating —

(i)	a Singapore registered aircraft, whether in or outside Singapore; or
(ii)	a foreign registered aircraft in Singapore.

(4) Every standard in these Regulations for which a value is prescribed in the International System of Units (SI) and an alternative value is prescribed in a non‑SI alternative unit of measurement in parentheses, the relevant standard is to be regarded as reached when either value is obtained.

Application of these Regulations

3.—(1) Unless otherwise specified, these Regulations apply to —

(a)	every flight carried out by a Singapore operator involving any aircraft;
(b)	every flight involving a Singapore registered aircraft that is carried out by a person other than a Singapore operator; and
(c)	every flight involving a foreign registered aircraft in Singapore that is carried out by a person other than a Singapore operator.

(2) A person whose principal place of business or, if the person has no such place of business, whose permanent residence is Singapore and —

(a)

who engages in any commercial air transport operations involving an aeroplane with an MAPSC exceeding 19 or an MCTOM exceeding 27,000 kg, must also comply with the requirements in —

(i)	the Air Navigation (119 — Air Operator Certification) Regulations 2018 (G.N. No. S 443/2018); and
(ii)	the Air Navigation (121 — Commercial Air Transport by Large Aeroplanes) Regulations 2018 (G.N. No. S 444/2018);

(b)

who engages in any commercial air transport operations involving a helicopter or an aeroplane with an MAPSC not exceeding 19 and an MCTOM not exceeding 27,000 kg, must also comply with the requirements in —

(i)	the Air Navigation (119 — Air Operator Certification) Regulations 2018; and
(ii)	the Air Navigation (135 — Commercial Air Transport by Helicopters and Small Aeroplanes) Regulations 2018 (G.N. No. S 445/2018); or [S 677/2018 wef 09/10/2018]

(c)

who engages in any aerial work operations, must also comply with the requirements in the Air Navigation (137 — Aerial Work) Regulations 2018 (G.N. No. S 502/2018).

[S 677/2018 wef 09/10/2018]

(3) A person who engages in any complex general aviation operations using a Singapore registered aircraft must also comply with the requirements in the Air Navigation (125 — Complex General Aviation) Regulations 2018 (G.N. No. S 501/2018).

[S 677/2018 wef 09/10/2018]

Owner deemed to be operator of general aviation aircraft

4. For the purpose of these Regulations, the owner of a Singapore registered aircraft used for general aviation is deemed to be the operator of that aircraft unless the owner has informed the Director‑General of Civil Aviation in writing otherwise.

Made on 21 June 2018.

LEE HSIEN YANG

Chairman,
Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore.

[LE/LGN/A1.8; AG/LLRD/SL/6/2010/9 Vol. 5]

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