Air Navigation (101 — Unmanned Aircraft Operations) Regulations 2019

No. S 833

Air Navigation Act

(CHAPTER 6)

Air Navigation
(101 — Unmanned Aircraft Operations)
Regulations 2019

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.—(1) These Regulations are the Air Navigation (101 — Unmanned Aircraft Operations) Regulations 2019 and, except for regulations 33 to 40, 42 and 47(2) and (3), come into operation on 2 January 2020.

(2) Regulations 36, 37, 38 and 39 come into operation on 1 March 2020.

(3) Regulations 42 and 47(2) and (3) come into operation on 2 April 2020.

(4) Regulations 33, 34, 35 and 40 come into operation on 1 February 2021.

[S 371/2020 wef 15/05/2020]

Definitions

2. Any term in these Regulations that is defined in the First Schedule has the meaning given to that term in that Schedule.

Activities excluded from permit requirements

3. Nothing in these Regulations applies to require a person to obtain a UA operator permit, an activity permit or a UA cross-border permit before operating —

(a)

an unmanned aircraft to fly outside of Singapore, unless it is for the purpose of flying or causing the flight of the unmanned aircraft into or out of Singapore;

[S 865/2021 wef 13/11/2021]

[S 747/2023 wef 21/11/2023]

(aa)

an unmanned aircraft to fly indoors for any purpose unless it is a purpose connected with any of the following:

(i)	a sporting activity that forms part of an organised group activity or organised competition, race or tournament;
(ii)	an event that is attended by more than 50 individuals at any time during the event;
(iii)	a flying display; [S 865/2021 wef 13/11/2021]

(b)

an unmanned aircraft that has a total mass of 25 kg or less, outdoors and within the person’s visual line of sight for a recreation purpose and not under any Class 2 activity permit condition;

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(c)

an unmanned aircraft that has a total mass of 7 kg or less, outdoors and within the person’s visual line of sight for an education purpose and not under any Class 2 activity permit condition; or

[S 865/2021 wef 13/11/2021]

(d)

an unmanned aircraft indoors or outdoors for the purpose of providing training or instruction by a UATO, if the person operating the unmanned aircraft is employed or engaged by the UATO to provide the training or instruction and not under any Class 2 activity permit condition.

[S 865/2021 wef 13/11/2021]

[S 747/2023 wef 21/11/2023]

Activities excluded from requirement for UA basic training certificate or UA pilot licence

3A.—(1) Regulations 33 and 35 do not apply to require a person to hold a UA basic training certificate or a UA pilot licence before acting as a UA pilot, or supervising a UA pilot, of an unmanned aircraft to fly indoors —

(a)

within a private residence in Singapore;

(b)

at an experimental site in connection with the construction or testing of that unmanned aircraft; or

(c)

within a place that is not publicly accessible, for any purpose unless it is a purpose connected with any of the following:

(i)	a sporting activity that forms part of an organised group activity or organised competition, race or tournament;
(ii)	an event that is attended by more than 50 individuals at any time during the event;
(iii)	a flying display.

(2) In this regulation, “publicly accessible”, in relation to a place, means that the public or a section of the public has access to the place as of right, or by virtue of any express or implied permission with or without payment of a fee.

[S 865/2021 wef 13/11/2021]

Made on 18 December 2019.

EDMUND CHENG WAI WING

Chairman,
Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore.

[LE/LGN/A1.8; AG/LEGIS/SL/6/2015/21 Vol. 3]

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

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